AXIOS October 25, 2024
AI is likely to change our interactions with the health care system faster than it transforms the care we actually receive.
Why it matters: The U.S. health care system is a confusing and expensive bureaucracy, and anyone trying to navigate care for themselves and their loved ones is going to welcome help.
Zoom out: AI promoters say the technology will reinvent health care in two main ways.
- They foresee AI supercharging medical research and diagnosis — a process that’s already underway.
- They also predict the arrival of individualized medical care delivered by autonomous AI doctors.
That second vision remains hypothetical, thanks to the technology’s unreliability, complexity and cost.
- But in the meantime, AI optimists promise it will...