> "Nothing will ever replace the human touch, the human warmth our patients need"
I remember having discussions lasting several hours with my med-school (and nursing) friends when I was at the Uni. They had the same feeling. I'm still convinced that we can and prob should replace doctors (for some of their tasks) with computers as soon as possible. For instance: given a set of symptoms and some biological metrics, a computer (an expert system) could provide a much accurate and un-biased diagnosis.
I always had the idea that in the future, "doctors" would be scientists that would be researching and helping improve AI in the medical field, but the front line would be robots/computers. At least, that's the future I would like to live in ;)
That’s the root issue, isn’t it. Is a simulation of something somehow inferior to the real thing? I’m not quite so sure. In my experience, it has been machines that have provided me with a certain kind of kindness and warmth that no human could ever provide for me. A machine’s love would be unconditional.
I remember having discussions lasting several hours with my med-school (and nursing) friends when I was at the Uni. They had the same feeling. I'm still convinced that we can and prob should replace doctors (for some of their tasks) with computers as soon as possible. For instance: given a set of symptoms and some biological metrics, a computer (an expert system) could provide a much accurate and un-biased diagnosis.
I always had the idea that in the future, "doctors" would be scientists that would be researching and helping improve AI in the medical field, but the front line would be robots/computers. At least, that's the future I would like to live in ;)