https://www.wired.com/story/algorithm-doesnt-replace-doctors-makes-them-better/
In the battle between the future of super-intelligent Artificial Intelligence and the paltry skills of increasingly left-behind human brains, some rays of hope. There are a growing number of projects dedicated to combining the skills of AI and humans to perform better than either alone.
The WIRED article above discusses Dermatology AI and how it improves the performance of physicians in detecting skin cancer. However, it mainly improves resident and primary care physician performance, and not expert dermatologists.
Is this good? Bad?
And, what is a Centaur? A horse-human hybrid from greek mythology.
I think this illustrates Arther C Clarke’s (paraphrased) saying:
Any
teacherphysician who can be replaced by a machine should be.
This is not necessarily a bad thing. Consider: if we can allow AI to be trained to augment physicians or advance practice providers in every case where the providers’ experience is not expert-level, we could raise the standard of healthcare throughout the country, or the world.
AI’s still can’t hold a hand, counsel patients on complex and competing issues, be compassionate, and create human connection.
We already have our computers helping remind us of the mundane yet critical tasks of doing the right thing for out patients: remembering tetanus and pneumonia vaccines, remembering to screen patients for colon and cervical cancer, remembering to repeat diabetes exams at frequent intervals. Why not allow them to give a second opinion on whether a skin mole is likely to be malignant?
CMIO’s take? More like this please. The co-evolution of AI and human is accelerating. We are finding a way forward.
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Such a nice article.
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