Whether you are an enthusiastic adopter of virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, and apps to monitor everything from glucose to sleep patterns— or consider them error-prone and intrusive—it’s impossible to ignore the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT in medicine. At a recent healthcare conference, Specialdocs CEO Terry Bauer shared an informed perspective on this hot-button topic, ultimately defining AI as a valuable addition to the concierge physician’s growing toolbox:
By Terry Bauer, CEO Specialdocs Consultants presents “Artificial Intelligence (AI): Friend or Foe to Concierge Medicine?” – 2023 Concierge Medicine Forum; Atlanta, GA
AI, the capability of a computer system to mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving, has been sweepingly called by Google CEO Sundar Pichai “probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on.” Fei-Fei Li, Co-Director of Stanford University’s Human-Centered AI Institute, further described its impact, saying “there’s nothing artificial about AI…it’s made by humans, intended to behave by humans, and, ultimately, to impact human lives and human society.”
While AI’s potential is compelling, Bauer cautioned that it is still a nascent technology, with numerous developments and improvements ahead. “The physician’s oath to ‘first, do no harm’ will continue to guide medicine’s measured approach to implementing technological advances,” he said.
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