While some major medical organizations like the American Medical Association (AMA) have adopted policies relegating artificial intelligence (AI) to an assistive rather than autonomous role in healthcare, bioethicist and oncologist Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, has a different perspective. In a recent op-ed for The Atlantic, Emanuel asserted that physicians “need to be willing to experiment with models that put AI in control.”
Emanuel argued that the practice of medicine is “largely algorithmic” and that highly trained AI models could help reduce misdiagnoses and ease administrative burdens.
Many other clinicians side with the AMA. After HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that AI can outperform physicians when diagnosing conditions and prescribing medications, physician groups quickly pushed back. Other experts have cautioned that AI fuels “meaningless” science and encroaches on healthcare workers’ scope of practice.
In an upcoming live webinar, Emanuel will discuss his vision for AI in healthcare and the changing medical landscape. Join us!
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- Jeremy Faust, MD (moderator), editor-in-chief at MedPage Today
- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, bioethicist and oncologist
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