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People who don't understand either artificial intelligence or medicine, or neither, tend to overlook the fine point that the particular tasks AI is suited for i
by bayesianhorse 13y ago
People who don't understand either artificial intelligence or medicine, or neither, tend to overlook the fine point that the particular tasks AI is suited for in medicine generally are those tasks the doctors like the least.
Doctors might like reading research every once in a while. They don't like spending all their time on it. An overworked doctor should not care if he refers a patient to an overworked oncologist or asks watson first.
Computer vision applied in health care also automates tasks that are mind-numbing. Is it really necessary for highly-skilled doctors with decades of experience to look through a microscope?
Doctors also complain that they don't have enough time for their patients. Watson seems to be excellent at completing paperwork. Given that we hardly have enough doctors anywhere in the world, more AI will be good thing.
- hershel 13y agoI don't believe this is true. there was an attempt to add AI(sort of) to medicine in the form of decision support tools , but doctors didn't like them because it took autonomy from their job and made it boring: instead of figuring all kinds of stuff, suddenly doctors are being told what do by a machine.
- PeterisP 13y agoIt would be even worse psychologically - if some machine comes up and makes better diagnoses, then it means a multitude of cases where the doctor will violently disagree with the machine, (s)he will know what's right for the patient.. and still be wrong in most, but not all the cases, so listening to the doctor would, on average, mean harming patients. So much potential for conflict.
- bayesianhorse 13y agoThat's exactly what I said. Doctors don't understand AI and its place in medical practice, so they don't see how it could save them time for more valuable work. Instead they are afraid...