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ASH 2024 | Addressing the concerns of patients about the potential impact of AI on medicine

Gwen Nichols, MD, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Rye Brook, NY, comments on the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the practice of medicine, highlighting concerns from patients about face time with doctors, misdiagnosis, and the loss of individuality. This interview took place at the 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, held in San Diego, CA.

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Well, this actually was a panel discussion for the ASH clinicians in practice. And we were talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly, how artificial intelligence really is likely to enhance the practice of medicine over the next several years. It’s also a cautionary tale. And my role in this panel was to talk about patients’ reactions to the use of artificial intelligence and what patients are really concerned about in terms of face time with doctors, misdiagnosis, and basically the robots taking over...

Well, this actually was a panel discussion for the ASH clinicians in practice. And we were talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly, how artificial intelligence really is likely to enhance the practice of medicine over the next several years. It’s also a cautionary tale. And my role in this panel was to talk about patients’ reactions to the use of artificial intelligence and what patients are really concerned about in terms of face time with doctors, misdiagnosis, and basically the robots taking over. And so I think it goes from the ridiculous to the very realistic concerns about how AI is going to be used and how they’re concerned about individuality being lost.

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