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> AI is a shiny object that does not solve any of the most urgent problems in healthcare, and almost certainly distracts from them [...] It is not going to bene

> AI is a shiny object that does not solve any of the most urgent problems in healthcare, and almost certainly distracts from them [...] It is not going to benefit patients, certainly not vs other ways the money could be spent (more staff, more beds) I am baffled. AI clearly accomplished amazing things very recently, at the very least in language and image generation, self driving and problem solving as it pertains to games and upset a lot of expectations in the process. AI also, clearly, is used as a buzzword to confuse a lot of people (often times including the ones who are using it). What grand insight could anyone have into what is going to on right now everywhere (and, clearly, there is a lot of stuff going on, right now, everywhere) to justify such a sweeping statement?

version_five 4y ago
Maybe I don't understand your point, but as I read it you're saying "AI clearly accomplished amazing things very recently" as evidence that it will be the best (or a comparatively effective) use of healthcare dollars? IBM Watson used this argument in marketing: "it can play jeopardy, now we'll focus it's powers on healthcare", and all their projects ended in failure. AI doesn't work on edge cases (and typically doesn't know when it gets an edge case), distracts from resource scarcity by optimizing averages of shitty metrics (same as most "data driven" consulting projects), and diverts money from more helpful things. In a world without resource constraints, it would be worth implementing, but for now, it's a grift to make money for AI consultants, and will be worse for patients