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Abstract

Many are familiar with the Mooreâ??s law exponential curve of price performance of computing and the extension of its influence over the world, in general. This idea is rooted in the belief that machines will be smarter than the whole human race combined in 2045 and will possess the means to take over the future agenda of the world. Mooreâ??s law is muted in medicine due to regulatory and safety considerations. So what stimulates exponential change in pathology? What are the drivers and inhibitors? Are our digital pathology systems going to wake up someday soon and tell us they can do our work better than we can? Will they be right about that? How much of a pathologist does work can only be done by a human being? When does the permanent vacation for flesh and blood pathologists begin? We all have a stake in the answers to these questions which pathologists seem to have been reluctant to ask until now!

Biography

Punit Virk is currently in the final year of his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Alberta. He is the founder and advisor to the University of Albertaâ??s Partnerâ??s In Health chapter. His current research interests involve the exploration of genetic therapies for highly pathological, rare genetic diseases like Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. He has sat on advisory committees for undergraduate biology textbook development and teaching and learning in Science.