AI and Medicine: A Brief History and Where We Are in 2024

Posted on | December 10, 2024 | No Comments

Mike Magee

The history of Medicine has always involved a clash between the human need for compassion, understanding, and partnership, and the rigors of scientific discovery and advancing technology. At the interface of these two forces are human societies that struggle to remain forward looking and hopeful while managing complex human relations.

The question has been “How can science and technology improve health without undermining humans’ freedom of choice and rights to self-determination.” The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) feels especially destabilizing because it promises, on the one hand, great promise, and on the other, great risk.

The human imagination runs wild, conjuring up images of robots taking over the world and forcing humankind into submission. Yet it is important to take a deep breath and place science’s technologic progress in perspective. (Read on . . . )