The Dystopian Concerns of AI for Healthcare

John Mattison, MD, likes science fiction. In a speech at the AI in Healthcare Summit today in Boston, he brought up Niven's laws: Never fire a laser at a mirror. Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naïve. It is easier to destroy than to create. The only universal message in science fiction: There exist minds that think as well as you do, but differently. All (except the first) played a part, but fourth in particular anchored his talk about the ethical challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) creates in healthcare.