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Since the very beginning of the computer revolution, researchers have dreamed of creating computers that would rival the human brain. Our brains are information machines that use inputs to generate outputs, and so are computers. How hard could it be to build computers that work as well as our brains? In 1954 a Georgetown-IBM team predicted that language translation programs would be perfected in three to five years. In 1965 Herbert Simon said that “machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do.” In 1970 Marvin Minsky told Life magazine, “In from three to ...

This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today and: Crowdsourcing -- an open call for voluntary assistance from a large group of individuals -- has been present in medicine for some time. However, at this moment in history, the urgency of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on crowdsourcing and its potential to gather and share data. "When you are in crisis, you need to have a broad understanding of what's happening worldwide very quickly. That's where crowdsourcing can really provide strength," said Esther Freeman, MD, PhD, associate professor of dermatology at Harvar...