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The AI doctor will see you soon: from assistants to autonomous practitioners

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing an unprecedented evolution in human history. As it develops, the utilization of AI in clinical practice becomes one of the hot topics that attracts the attention of the medical field as well as the public. While we know that AI will be heavily involved in the medical system, a critical question is what we expect for the future AI medical doctor. To answer this question, it is important to understand that the developing patterns of any other discovery and industrialization do not fit the pattern of AI development, because it acts more like a human instead of simply being a machine or tool. Thus, AI doctors function like human doctors to provide patient-centered reasoning, intellectual judgment, and ethical decision-making rather than just mechanical data processing. Here we present such a likely development process, including current AI status, expected AI doctors, challenges, and future directions.

Source: Medical Review

DOI: 10.1515/mr-2025-0044

Authors: Tianshu Gu, Xia Meng, Yongjun Wang, Weikuan Gu

Institutions: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Memphis VA Medical Center, Campbell Clinic

Language: English

Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

Subfield: Health Informatics

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Health Science Center, University of Tennessee

Award: G6143244202