When the AI diagnosis arrives before the patient does
I will never forget the look on his face. He wasn’t frightened. He wasn’t uncertain. He came into the hospital the way people used to come into courtrooms: with evidence already assembled, a verdict already reached, and very little interest in hearing otherwise. He had consulted an AI program before arriving, which had given him a diagnosis. He had read it, believed it, and arrived not as a patient seeking …
When the AI diagnosis arrives before the patient does
