On Wednesday night, doctors at London's Royal College of Physicians were subjected to the world's first demonstration of an artificial intelligence (AI) robot performing a clinical test. The point of the event was to show how well the chatbot, engineered by digital medicare startup Babylon Health, would perform at the MRCGP exam, the Royal College of General Practitioners final test for trainee doctors. In the last five years, general practitioners have averaged a 72% score at the exam, declared director at Babylon Health Dr. Mobasher Butt before announcing to the audience his bot's score. "It got 82%," said the medical expert as people began to clap. "Tonight's results clearly illustrate how AI-augmented health services can reduce the burden on healthcare systems around the world. Our mission is to put accessible and affordable health services into the hands of every person on Earth," said Dr Ali Parsa, Babylon Health's founder and CEO, in a statement posted after the event.