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Through a partnership with University of California San Francisco ( UCSF ), GE Healthcare is developing a library of deep learning algorithms , one a shortage of radiologists . This is real , and the solution is being developed today ,” Koontz adds .
For Zimmerman , ‘ artificial intelligence ’ is no longer an appropriate term for what the technology has become . “ I personally do not believe in artificial intelligence ,” he says with a touch of humor , before swiftly expanding on his position .
“ It ’ s because A ) there ’ s nothing really artificial about it anymore , it ’ s real intelligence , and B ) it really doesn ’ t have any value unless it ’ s applied to something . Our team and our customers think of it more as applied intelligence . If you apply machine learning to the various data types , insights and intelligence will be born . That intelligence then has to be planted into the workflow of , or the experience of , a consumer , a clinical professional , or a revenue cycle person . So , as
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