Artificial intelligence can't replace doctor's gut instincts, MIT study says

Many technology companies are developing artificial intelligence systems that can analyze medical data to help diagnose or treat health problems. Such systems raise the question of whether cutting-edge tools can perform or as well as or in certain cases much better than a human doctor -- though researchers say AI probably won't be replacing physicians anytime soon. A new study from MIT computer scientists suggests that human doctors provide a dimension that, as yet, artificial intelligence does not. By analyzing doctors' written notes on intensive care unit patients, the researchers found that the doctors' "gut feelings" about a particular patient's condition played a significant role in determining how many tests they ordered for the patient. This intuition plays an even stronger role during the first day or two of a patient's hospital stay, when the amount of data doctors have on patients is less than on subsequent days.