Artificial intelligence (AI) can analyze scans, summarize medical records, and process more information than any human could memorize. But if a patient suddenly collapses in an exam room, there’s still one major problem: The AI isn’t in the room.
Billionaire investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban made that point on Aug. 19 while responding to internist Suneel Dhand, who argued that most physicians — including surgeons — could be “toast” within five to 10 years because of AI.