Each time AI to compete with doctors in the medical mission (which we've reported many times), a question inevitably surfaced: artificial intelligence will replace the doctor?
If you talk to AI expert or Silicon Valley investors, the answer is often yes. However, to date, no one on this issue actually had to ask the doctor.
In the UK, we conducted the first national survey for the UK attending physician. The survey found that regardless of age or sex, the vast majority of doctors answer is "no." In addition to paperwork, doctors are skeptical about AI can replace them in critical medical tasks. They are happy to let the robot to handle the paperwork.
Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) study author Charlotte Blease said the results were published in PLoS One shows that there are "serious differences" between expected and artificial intelligence expert practitioner. "This survey is a wake-up call," she said, "Obviously (the doctors) are skeptical. I think this is very worrying."
She worried, as the machine learning are increasingly used in medical applications, such doubts could lead to conflict. "We need a fully participate in the medical community about the critical debate AI ethics and regulation of the medical field," Blease said, "We need an open-minded medical community, but to change the mentality is always a difficult task."
About 700 attending physicians responded to the survey. The survey posted on a popular online medical network. Every doctor will be required to assess the "AI current and future innovation," Is it possible in six key tasks completely replace the doctor: analysis of patient information to make a diagnosis; analysis of patient information in order to make a prognosis; when to evaluate refer patients to other health professionals; the development of personalized treatment plans; provide empathic care for patients; and to provide documents related to the patient (for example, updating medical records).
Blease led by the questionnaire staffing efforts tend to use neither people nor pro language technology.
Overall, in the "very likely" to "extremely unlikely" point of view range, doctors tend to "less likely." Most people think that, in the diagnosis (68%), referral (61%), treatment planning (61%), and empathic care (94%) terms, the machine will not replace them.
However, when it comes to two tasks, doctors willing to say AI may completely replace them. 80% of people said that artificial intelligence is more suitable for processing paperwork, while 53% said artificial intelligence will eventually have the ability to make a prognosis, can predict disease progression.
Blease said the former - the AI take over paperwork - not surprising. She said: "People tend to think of artificial intelligence will not threaten the traditional role of the working doctor," she said, "The doctors seem to think that if artificial intelligence can maintain or enhance rather than weaken the work they do, it will It will bring benefits. "
But the findings of the latter - the artificial intelligence can replace doctors predict disease progression - prominent doctors and artificial intelligence experts seem to agree in one area: Machine learning can be competent in today's medical community simply are not good at the task. Predict disease progression, the uncertainty of the field, is one of them. Others include the onset of disease monitoring and prediction of disease (especially diseases like autism and Alzheimer's disease, early intervention may be crucial).
"The limitations of human cognition, the problem is that artificial intelligence is the solution you?" Blease said.
She and her colleagues are now preparing to investigate two other key groups in the debate: artificial intelligence expert and medical students, in particular to assess the extent of students' exposure to artificial intelligence in medical school as well as their expectations for the future.
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