Tag: artificial intelligence

A doctor interacts with a digital tablet displaying medical data, while a holographic AI robot and various medical charts are projected in the air. Two patients and another medical professional are in the background within a modern, high-tech medical facility.

Update on AI in the Clinic

It seems there is an endless stream of artificial intelligence (AI) news coming out, and this includes the field of medicine. There also continues to be a debate about the true impact of AI – how much is hype, and how much is a genuine advance that can transform our technology? As with many technological advances, it’s both. New tech, perhaps especially...

Steven Novella / September 11, 2024

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Computers & Internet Internet & social media Science and Medicine

LLMs: Fighting Fire with Fire

Using LLM tools to tackle AI-driven science misinformation head-on

Nikolas Dietis / September 2, 2024

Cancer Medical devices Science and Medicine

False balance in an NBC news story on whole body MRI scans

Over the weekend, NBC News aired a story on whole body MRI scans. Although it did include the usual cautions about false positives and the harm they cause, the caution was diluted by the story's focus a rare case of a woman who had a brain tumor detected. Overall, it was false balance that reminded me of vaccine/autism stories 20 years ago.

David Gorski / February 19, 2024

Health Fraud Internet & social media Politics and Regulation

Misinformation is pervasive, and AI will turbocharge it

Is it possible to refute an infinite amount of AI-generated health misinformation?

Scott Gavura / December 7, 2023

Commentary Computers & Internet

Update on Dr. AI

Studies have found large language model AIs to have impressive medical knowledge, but they are not quite there yet.

Steven Novella / August 23, 2023

Computers & Internet Science and Medicine Science and the Media

The return of marketing hype for “whole body scans”…now with AI!

Two decades ago, I cut my skeptical teeth countering advertising for whole body scans by companies making extravagant promises for their products. This particular medical fad faded for a while, but now it's back with a vengeance...with AI! Looking at these products, what I see is basically the quackery that is functional medicine on steroids and powered by AI.

David Gorski / July 10, 2023