A.I. Is Making Doctors Answer a Question: What Are They Really Good For?

Gina Kolata, “A.I. Is Making Doctors Answer a Question: What Are They Really Good For?” 09 February, 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/health/ai-chatbots-doctors-medicine.html

The purpose of the article was to understand and do the research of what are ways that AI is preventing individuals from the real life experiences of doctors and Ken AI become a doctor for individuals.

I feel as if when it comes to doctors it is important to have that one on one connection because that’s what build the value of the relationship and trust with your doctor to keep seeing them.

Also with AI like mentioned in the article there is a bias of how you treat the patient if they are say something grammatically incorrect. I think it is hard to believe that patients can get the best treatment/help if they are using AI that is intentional with their own bias. I think it’s important for doctors to take the time to understand and learn what has happened so they can properly diagnose you. Because if they don’t use to those things patients might be diagnosed with wrong thing or miss something. Also u feel like of you search or ask AI to diagnose like a doctor, it might misdiagnose you and cause you to freak out, where a human doctor who is trained and educated in the field can help you better understand what is going on.