The Biggest Healthcare AI Question Is Not What It Can Do, but When It Should Be Used
Healthcare does not lack promising applications for artificial intelligence. It lacks a disciplined way to distinguish a scientific possibility from something ready to be trusted in clinical practice. That distinction matters more than ever. IEEE’s 2030 Technology Megatrends assessment identifies personalized medicine as the technology with the greatest potential impact on humanity among the trends evaluated. Accessible early-disease diagnostics, genetic engineering and gene therapy also rank among the leading health opportunities. But high potential is not the same as broad adoption. In…
