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Could artificial intelligence make doctors obsolete?*

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Machines that can learn and correct themselves already perform better than doctors at some tasks, says Jörg Goldhahn, but Vanessa Rampton and Giatgen A. Spinas maintain that machines will never be able to replicate the inter-relational quality of the therapeutic nature of the doctor–patient relationship

Published on: 20.02.2019

Jörg Goldhahn

Vanessa Rampton

Giatgen A. Spinas

^a Deputy head, Institute for Translational Medicine at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ^b Branco Weiss fellow, McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy, Montréal, Québec, Canada; ^c Emeritus professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

Yes – Jörg Goldhahn

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems simulate human intelligence by learning, reasoning, and self correction. Already this technology shows the potential to be more accurate than physicians at making diagnoses in specialties such as radiology, dermatology, and intensive care; at generating prognostic models; and at performing surgical interventions [1]. And in 2017 a robot passed China’s national medical exam, exceeding the minimum required by 96 points [2].

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