AI Healthcare Tools Hold Promise, But Raise Safety and Ethics Concerns
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AI tools like AMIE have potential to expand healthcare access globally, but more research is needed to ensure safety and quality.
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Medical decision-making is complex; AI can recognize patterns but communicating with patients requires human skills.
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Early AI healthcare efforts like Google Flu Trends and IBM Watson struggled with data quality issues.
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Lack of quality control and peer review for new AI diagnosis apps risks creating a "folk medicine" with issues like stigma.
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Regulation is needed to ensure AI healthcare technologies benefit the public, rather than harm safety and privacy.