Chinese supercomputer and American doctors clash over AI coronavirus diagnosis of young US vaper

China’s Tianhe-1 machine says white patches detected on lungs suggest probable Covid-19. But North Carolina doctor says five patients with similar symptoms were not evidence of an earlier outbreak. — SCMP

A supercomputer in China found that a young vaper in hospital for a “mysterious pneumonia” in the United States last summer could be a victim of coronavirus.

The Tianhe-1 machine detected distinguished features – suggesting high probability of Covid-19 – in the CAT image of a patient who became severely ill between July and August in North Carolina, according to a diagnosis report seen by the South China Morning Post. The machine is at the National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin.