Eric Reinhart’s essay raises thoughtful concerns about the risks of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in healthcare (What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms, 9 November). I appreciate that my perspective was included, and I stand by my belief that “AI will be as common in healthcare as the stethoscope”.
Reinhart rightly points out that there are serious risks in deploying new technologies in our profit-driven, time-constrained healthcare system. But to judge the risks of genAI accurately, we need to first acknowledge the unnecessary errors and deaths that occur today. And then we must ask whether this technology will make those problems worse or make medical care safer.
