Is Conversational AI the future of Healthcare? – Chatbots Magazine

Although there are a myriad of industries and domains that Artificial Intelligence could significantly impact and disrupt over the coming years, the healthcare industry is poised to witness the biggest paradigm shift. As on today, image recognition algorithms are already helping when it comes to detecting diseases at an astounding rate. Interestingly, one the first chatbots to be developed was ELIZA who happened to be a psychotherapist. Developed back in 1966, she was a computer program that simulated an actual therapy conversation to the extent that people actually believed that it was a human at the other end. The doctor-patient relationship has not changed over the years.