Raw LLM Responses

Dr. Toosi Saidy introduced the topic of artificial intelligence very well, in addressing how the general public might see it as “villain robots taking over the world,” especially in a healthcare setting where personal information is more private and sensitive, but then goes on to explain the benefits of how AI can be a positive addition to the healthcare team. AI is such an important point to discuss in medical ethics as it may arise topics such as HIPAA and privacy laws. As artificial intelligence can be used as a base model to compare various patient data to culminate stronger and better-informed treatment plans for individual patients, it also helps to streamline medical triage processes in terms of testing and waiting. As the information can be more quickly consolidated and sorted to individualize workups and diagnoses, we do not discuss the hesitancy the patients might have in trusting automated computer processes. I feel like so quickly, the world has changed on the widespread acceptance of trusting anonymous sources and online data forms of educational material, however this might be true for younger, or more educated generations, individuals, and communities. How do we address those that express hesitancy and demonstrate pushback to AI mechanisms that clinics, hospitals, or individual healthcare professionals might be using? Although the learning algorithms are not yet in place for artificial intelligence software to be used in clinical practice regularly rather than in procedure based settings, technology is rapidly evolving along with healthcare advances and knowledge, so I wonder how soon the next era of medical practice might be here, but also how accepting various patient populations might be of it.