Will 3D Printing and IBM Watson make doctors obsolete?

At Fortune’s Brainstorm Health conference, health care executives from IBM Watson and Athenahealth debated whether a supercomputer with artificial intelligence can replace your doctor. IBM shared that its cognitive computing AI technology can recommend cancer treatment in rural areas in the U.S., India, and China where the number of oncologists falls short. IBM Watson could read a patient’s electronic medical record, analyze imagery of the cancer, and even look at gene sequencing of the tumor to figure out the optimal treatment plan for a particular person. “That is the promise of AI—not that we are going to replace people, not that we’re going to replace doctors, but that we really augment the intelligence and help,” Deborah DiSanzo, general manager for IBM Watson Health. said.