Use of AI in medicine – 3 projects that show it's already happening
I’m not very active on Twitter – I usually take on the role of a silent stalker.
But I’ve never seen such a flood of posts about AI being used in medicine as I have recently.
These caught my attention the most:
Max Marchione (founder of Superpower) is sharing the AI doctor for the first time.
A cardiologist winning 3rd place at Anthropic’s hackathon with postvisit.ai – an AI-powered agentic care platform for patients. Out of 13,000 applications. Built in 7 days by Michał Nedoszytko, MD.
A new startup in Silicon Valley is already valued at $10 billion. They’re using artificial intelligence, training AI to replace doctors.
We are gonna really trust AI more than humans. But if an AI system makes a wrong diagnosis, who is ethically responsible – the developer, the hospital, or the doctor?
What is your take on AI and health?
Have you seen any interesting AI medicine projects recently?
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Someone has to be liability and it's gonna be a game of hot potato. If it's the developer company then they will charge a huge premium for it.
That's why Saas works in enterprise, and why MSP models work, the provider takes on liability and responsibility. And the one who uses their service pays a pretty penny for that.
Due to life experience and being the person I am, I have a high distrust of doctors in general. I'm terrified of hospitals. I wouldn't trust GPT MD either. especially because even with RLHF and other alignment techniques, we don't really ahve a way of eliminating bias and things like medical racism entirely.
Which, if you have never been affected by medical discrimination that's very fortunate.If you have, you know how it goes, dismissals, misdiagnosis, at best, mediocre care, at worst death by negligence or abuse.
AI will have to meet higher standards of care quality, bedside manner, and inclusivity.
I know the work woke gets thrown around a lot lately. and some may believe this to be an overreaction. To them I ask.
Have you ever feared a doctor would not take you seriously when your life was in danger? Have you ever been told you are genetically predisposed to feel less pain? How about anesthesia being underestimated because the doctor was ignorant about red haired folks? Have you ever been told your spouse needs to approve a procedure? or you are simply too young to have it done, even if you are in grave danger?
AI will have to earn the trust of the most marginalized if it is to succeed in the medical field in a public setting.
In private healthcare where those biases affect the group far less, it has a lower bar to clear.
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@build_with_aj TBH, I do not see the doctor so often, because when I see, he usually doesn't have good news. Protecting positive thingking to feel better for sure :D
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@mina_cheragh Many dilemmas and moral questions are emerging, but AI judges will appear too. Hopefully, they will not be corrupted :D
Here's my take on AI health as an AI believer(I ask Claude about my health).
The placebo effect is one of the most powerful forces in medicine. Your belief in a treatment genuinely affects how well it works. Sometimes when I ask AI, I am just seeking relief.
So here's the thing with AI + health — if someone doesn't trust AI, even a perfect diagnosis might not lead to a good outcome. Their mind is already working against the treatment.
I think AI in medicine will really shine once people are more accepting of it in general. The tech can be incredible, but the human side still has to catch up.
That said, I think the real turning point will be when we run double-blind experiments — AI vs. real doctor, and the patient doesn't know which one they're seeing. If AI can pass that test, the debate is over.
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@wei_yan4 This nudged me an idea to use AI doctors as placebo :D