Machines are fast entering into every domain of our life and healthcare setups are no different. Why because "We as humans forgive machine errors but not human errors or the human behind the machine errors".
These AI (Artificial Intelligence) is now entering healthcare setups in various ways, starting from diagnostics, data interpretation, data based algorithms, decisions and sometimes really treatment based decisions. The pace of AI creeping in into our lives is faster than our current imagination and buzz words like "automation", "avoiding human error", "non-human interface", and others are now more and more getting into our common parlance.
Difficult here it to understand that it will all lead to an environment where most decisions will land to these machines and humans will be required to follow the order defined by them but enforced by machines.
So your comments requested...........
Needed - there may be many benefits of AI in healthcare sector.
Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is the use of algorithms and software to approximate human cognition in the analysis of complex medical data. The primary aim of health-related AI applications is to analyze relationships between prevention or treatment techniques and patient outcomes.
Various specialties in medicine have shown an increase in research regarding AI. However the specialty that has gained the greatest attention is the field of Radiology.
Your question has evoked many interesting aspects of AI in medical field.
In my opinion, AI should be used to gather all investigation details related to the patient but the final diagnosis and plan of treatment should be made by medical experts.
If AI is used under control then it may benefit us but the day when human beings would start to obey the commands of AI then I believe it's going to lead to our downfall.
Always remember AI do not have empathetic or sympathetic values, nor can they practise with professional and medical ethics.
So use AI with care!!
In fact I think I'd enjoy specializing in that area; currently studying computer science :) and working on language analysis to facilitate new results in autism spectrum disorder and perhaps schizophrenia research. There are literally endless possibilities AI can save or improve lifes.
Dear Sebastian Brenner
Thank you for your answer. i am grateful indeed.
Being a medical doctor and knowing about you as an expert in IT and AI related area, my question would be that can this AI get our of control to cause more damage than harm? Can these machine, once given thinking capability may be as an algorithm can remain within its domain in atypical situation? Will this AI not going to intervene every aspect of our personal life?
Regards
Oh, I am by no means an expert but, since AI can not make decisions based on emotion, it itself can't fully comprehend whether it is actually doing "good" or "bad"; which is why I think that AI has to play the role of a consultant for a trained professional rather than actively intervening. If AI is unsupervised it is totally possible that it can do harm.
Have a nice day!
To date, AI is already embedded in many devices capturing and processing human vital signs. These are unnoticed, but they are there, helping doctors and patients. That is the final goal.
Here are some insights about healthcare AI developments in China (the world's largest healthcare system serving 1.4 billion people), and how they are driven by real and urgent needs:
https://www.slideshare.net/sl.medic/how-is-ai-actually-empowering-clinicians-augmenting-telehealth-and-transforming-the-worlds-largest-healthcare-system-126092427
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