AI in Medicine

Can you ask a more specific question? That is a very big topic. I have worked in speech recognition and natural language processing for radiology. AI makes these processes quicker and more reliable.

Most people have a science fiction view of AI that probably is not practical.

Thanks for replying. I am looking into whether people think that AI is beneficial in Medicine or that we should avoid using AI altogether.

Your question is confusing because AI is being used in Medicine right now. And. it is clearly beneficial. I worked on an AI app that used speech recognition (which is AI) to transcribe doctors notes. I did some work on a Natural Language Processing application (which is AI) that could detect and flag errors in notes, including flagging when a prescription didn't look right.

Image Classifiers (which are AI) are already being used in looking at radiology images. And I am pretty sure that other modern medical machines use AI.

I would say that all of these AI-based technologies are beneficial. They make a doctor's job easier, save time and money, prevent mistakes, and possibly find features in a radiology images that will show a disease in a patient.

If you are talking about real AI, as it is being used today, it is clear to me that there are some AI-based technologies are beneficial. You probably could find examples that are not so great. It depends on the technology.

If you are talking about science-fiction, or some futuristic view of AI... I would suggest that HAL 9000 from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey would probably not be beneficial in a medical application.