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Artificial Intelligence: Will It Replace Human Medical Doctors?

인공지능: 미래의사의 역할을 대체할 것인가

  • Choi, Yoon Sup (Yoon Sup Choi Digital Healthcare Institute, Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • 최윤섭 (최윤섭 디지털 헬스케어 연구소, 성균관대학교 삼성융합의과학원 디지털헬스학과)
  • Received : 2016.05.29
  • Accepted : 2016.06.21
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

Development of artificial intelligence is expected to revolutionize today's medicine. In fact, medicine was one of the areas to which advances in artificial intelligence technology were first applied. Recently, state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, especially deep learning technology, has been actively utilized to treat cancer patients and analyze medical image data. Application of artificial intelligence has the potential to fundamentally change various aspects of medicine, including the role of human doctors, the clinical decision-making process, and even overall healthcare systems. Facing such fundamental changes is unavoidable, and we need to prepare to effectively integrate artificial intelligence into our medical system. We should re-define the role of human doctors, and accordingly, medical education should also be altered. In this article, we will discuss the current status of artificial intelligence in medicine and how we can prepare for such changes.

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