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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many doctors have not learned or barely practice the art of hands on medicine. They rely on labs, which is something AI can do pretty well. But hands on is really needed in many contexts and often helps to avoid expensive tests.

AI can't really replicate hands on medicine; doctors need to do more of this.[/quote]

What do I need hands in medicine for though for many types of issues?

Let's say I have some kind of unknown infection.  I take images of the skin rash, input my symptoms into AI, along with my labs delivered electronically and AI comes up with the highest probable diagnosis and appropriate course of action/treatment.  I don't really need a handson clinical, do I?  AI can also keep training itself on the entire body of new research and literature available so that it can constantly update the best prescription for treatment regimens, optimal dosing for drugs, etc. while a human physician probably almost never reads any literature after med school.

Struggling here to see why we need any doctors for hands on work if AI now does it with less error rates than a human. [/quote]

If you have a skin lesion and AI diagnoses it, who is going to remove it if that’s the recommended treatment? I assume one day a robot could do it, but I think that’s a longer way off.

What if you have symptoms that can’t be shown in a photo? If I have abdominal pain, the doctor doing an exam and putting their hands on my belly to assess for pain, feel for masses, etc is doing something that AI can’t.

I think medicine is going to change a lot, but there will be a role for doctors for a while, probably for some fields longer than others. [/quote]

There will definately be a role for doctors in the future.  AI cannot replace them.  But doctors can integrate AI/medical space searches to help direct them and/or confirm a possible diagnosis.  Because when I can search and find a diagnosis for my symptoms, yet a visit to the doctor has them going a different path, you wonder can they investigate both paths?  [/quote]

"It's never lupus."

Doctors have experience, intution, AI has some past data.  AI can be valuable but doctors have knowledge and wisdom.[/quote]

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