OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has shared a candid and bemused observation about the diagnostics capabilities of AI in the field of healthcare. Altman claims that the artificial intelligence is already surpassing many human doctors in diagnostic accuracy, yet people still go to a doctor due to the trust factor. Speaking at the Capital Framework for Large Banks conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington D.C, Altman talked about AI’s burgeoning capabilities across various sectors, including medicine. As reported by The Guardian, OpenAI CEO said that ChatGPT most of time offers better diagnosis as compared to a doctor.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: AI’s diagnostic capabilities already outperforming doctors
As reported by The Guardian, Sam Altman said that AI is delivering some really good results in the healthcare sector. Altman claims that ChatGPT today is offering better and faster diagnosis as compared to a doctor. “ChatGPT today, by the way, most of the time, can give you better – it’s like, a better diagnostician than most doctors in the world,” he said.” “Yet people still go to doctors, and I am not, like, maybe I’m a dinosaur here, but I really do not want to, like, entrust my medical fate to ChatGPT with no human doctor in the loop,” added Altman.Altman’s analogy underscores a growing consensus among tech leaders: AI is best used to augment human expertise, not eliminate it. Altman also gave example where AI has helped doctors in identifying rare conditions and reduce diagnostic errors.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says voice authentication by banks is “terrifying”
At the same conference Altman also said continued use of voice authentication is terrifying in this age of AI. Altman also predicted a ‘significant impending fraud crisis’ which will be mainly driven by artificial intelligence’s ability to mimic human voices and almost perfect accuracy. He emphasised that “AI has fully defeated most of the ways that people authenticate currently — other than passwords.” Altman also stressed that “society has to deal with this problem more generally, but people are going to have to change the way they interact. They’re going to have to change the way they verify.” Altman underscored the gravity of the situation, calling it “a huge deal.”