The increasing role of artificial intelligence in health care: Will robots replace doctors in the future?

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Shuaib, Abdullah
Arian, Husain
Shuaib, Ali

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The increasing role of artificial intelligence in health care: Will robots replace doctors in the future?

Descripción

Artificial intelligence (AI) pertains to the ability of computers or computer-controlled machines to perform activities that demand the cognitive function and performance level of the human brain. The use of AI in medicine and health care is growing rapidly, significantly impacting areas such as medical diagnostics, drug development, treatment personalization, supportive health services, genomics, and public health management. AI offers several advantages; however, its rampant rise in health care also raises concerns regarding legal liability, ethics, and data privacy. Technological singularity (TS) is a hypothetical future point in time when AI will surpass human intelligence. If it occurs, TS in health care would imply the replacement of human medical practitioners with AI-guided robots and peripheral systems. Considering the pace at which technological advances are taking place in the arena of AI, and the pace at which AI is being integrated with health care systems, it is not be unreasonable to believe that TS in health care might occur in the near future and that AI-enabled services will profoundly augment the capabilities of doctors, if not completely replace them. There is a need to understand the associated challenges so that we may better prepare the health care system and society to embrace such a change - if it happens.

Cita bibliográfica

Shuaib A, Arian H, Shuaib A. The Increasing Role of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Will Robots Replace Doctors in the Future? Int J Gen Med. 2020 Oct 19;13:891-896. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S268093. PMID: 33116781; PMCID: PMC7585503.

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International Journal of General Medicine, vol. 2020, no. 13

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Dove Medical Press

Fecha de publicación

2020

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1178-7074

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https://doi.org/10.2147/ijgm.s268093

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