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That's definetly progress, but still , the point made by spitfire is true: The real challenge is adoption, not tech.

We even see it with the low acceptance of Watson in medicine and IBM's move into africa.

I wonder thought: why hasn't IBM offered a "second opinion" service directly to consumers ? It could might have sped adoption.

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I agree that adoption is a challenge but the tech is also really challenging. Getting a system to a level of accuracy that gives doctors enough confidence to use it is no small task.

A "second opinion" service would have a lot of potential legal pitfalls.

Not necessarily directed at you, but one big frustration of mine while leading a project team was when someone would list off 'potential issues'. If the concept is compelling and the quick estimates look like positive ROI, go get the lawyers/marketers/buyers/executive team to do their job and push forward or come back with logical and specific reasons!

Sorry for the late response - i'm across the Atlantic.

I wonder, with the API , would it be possible for a startup to build such "second opinion service" , with reasonable costs ? will you block it?

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