According to a short study, artificial intelligence was found to outperform doctors by a margin of 16 percentage points. How could this technological breakthrough transform medical practice in the future?
TL;DR
- A study showed that AI can diagnose better than doctors.
- Doctors sometimes neglect AI advice.
- There is a need to train doctors in the use of AI.
When AI surpasses humans
A short study recently conducted revealed some surprising results. She demonstrated that ChatGPT would be more efficient than doctors in making diagnoses.
The study in detail
The study involved 50 doctors, including 26 practitioners and 24 residents. They were assigned six medical cases to diagnose. Some have benefited from the assistance ofOpenAI’s ChatGPT while others worked without digital support. Surprisingly, doctors without AI achieved an average score of 74%, those who used AI achieved 76%, while “ChatGPT itself had an average score of 90%”.
This result surprised Dr. Rodman, who helped design this study. He was first “shocked” to see that the use of chatbots had little impact on the performance of doctors and a second time to see that the AI surpassed their skills.
A necessary but little-known collaboration
Paradoxically, AI has not helped doctors as much as expected because, according to Dr. Rodman, most of them “didn’t listen to the AI when it told them things they didn’t agree with”. Many doctors find it difficult to accept that a chatbot knows better than them.
Training, a solution
This study highlights the importance of training doctors in the use of AI. According to the authors, “it is necessary to advance in technological development and staff training in order to take advantage of the enormous potential represented by collaboration between doctors and artificial intelligence in the clinic”. The future of medicine therefore seems to lie in this alliance between man and machine.
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