Experience Wins

These days, artificial intelligence (AI) is already being utilized in multiple areas of medical diagnostics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have asked the question: is AI superior to doctors? In their study, the language model GPT-4 by OpenAI competed against physicians from the field of ophthalmology, with the goal of assessing 87 different eye conditions. The result: AI was superior to doctors with little experience when it came to diagnostics and treatment recommendations. Only the experienced specialists were more accurate than the algorithm. According to lead author Arun Thirunavukarasu, AI could be most helpful in those areas that lack specialists; for example, to decide whether an eye problem should be treated by a family doctor or a specialist.