Edward Shortliffe developed MYCIN, which diagnosed severe blood infections and recommended correct antibiotic dosages better than many human medical residents. A critical milestone was the introduction of “Certainty Factors”—a mathematical framework allowing AI to reason under uncertainty and operate on incomplete patient data.
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