How far do you think AI will advance in the next 50 years?
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aij89
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I think it will be game-changing for medicine. You can visit your doctor, who consults a real-time panel of AI doctors, inteprets the results, and gives a diagnosis they are responsible for. AI can monitor your lifestyle (if you let it), ask you questions, and really dig deep to check for things you may have missed/inconsistencies to find the real cause - something doctors cannot do these days due to time limitations. There are already stories of people using AI and taking it to their doctor and resolving real issues, it's incredible.
XSMMDoctor
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@vibe_sms, the useful version is probably AI as a fast second opinion, not some magical doctor-in-a-box. Triage, pattern spotting, med recs, reading scans, flagging weird contradictions in a chart... that stuff makes sense. The danger is when people start treating it like it can replace judgement, because medicine is full of edge cases and bad data. So yeah, big impact, but it'll be messy and slow once lawyers and regulators get involved.
gr33ng0bl1n
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lets not go too far
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While it may not replace doctors, diagnosis and treatments will definitely become a lot faster.
AresWrath
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AI in medicine will evolve through steady improvements rather than sudden breakthroughs. I think the biggest change will be AI helping doctors work more efficiently, not replacing them. We've already seen advances in drug discovery, testing, earlier diagnosis, and AI tools summarizing medical research or processing routine prescription reissues. If this continues in the coming years, healthcare could become faster, more accurate, and the beneficiaries will be patients
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I'd rather die. And I probably would if AI was my GP.
aij89
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Not quite what I meant. You would still visit your GP: that person is a human. But they can defer a bunch of the grunt work to AI, and then interpret those results for a win-win: you get better patient care using more of the data that is available rather than being limited by the doctors extremely limited amount of time. GPs these days are so tight on time their default response is "try this and come back in X weeks if it's still a problem" - at least if they already had X weeks of data from AI they might give a better first-time diagnosis.
cosmoaccs
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honestly this is a cool take but quick q - if the AI panel digs up somthing the actual doctor missed, who's held accountable if the docter just rubber stamps the AI's diagnosis without really checkin it themselves?? like does the responsibilty shift to the AI eventually or nah, feels kinda blurry to me
aij89
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The doctor is always responsible for your health. If AI says "jump off a cliff" and they rubber stamp it, they lose their license for malpractice - same as today. I think a good analogy is pilots: pilots are held still responsible if they use autopilot and there is an incident.
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AI in medicine is fascinating. Many diseases and illnesses can be treated successfully, or even cured, if they are detected early enough. At least thats what I have heard doctors say. The real challenge is not always finding a treatment. It is monitoring people closely enough to catch conditions before they become serious.
Now imagine if certain genetic diseases could be corrected before a baby is even born. In a sense, you could engineer inherited illnesses out before they ever have the chance to develop. That naturally raises difficult questions about responsibility, ethics, and accountability. Even so, despite the fears surrounding the idea of "designer babies," the technology could significantly improve human health and quality of life if it were used responsibly.
You could even imagine a future where people are genetically predisposed toward traits that benefit society, such as stronger analytical thinking or greater scientific curiosity. I am not under any illusion that this could not be abused. Every powerful technology carries risks. Still, I think humanity is more likely to experience substantial benefits before we ever face the kind of AI apocalypse often portrayed in fiction.
Even an AGI would not necessarily control people through force. In many ways, it would be more like a persuasive salesperson. It would recommend, advise, and influence rather than command. Real control is often subtle. It exists when decisions are made on your behalf by a system you rarely see, one that quietly shapes your choices and opportunities while remaining largely invisible. At that point, resisting its influence becomes difficult because it has become part of the infrastructure you depend on every day.
Now imagine if certain genetic diseases could be corrected before a baby is even born. In a sense, you could engineer inherited illnesses out before they ever have the chance to develop. That naturally raises difficult questions about responsibility, ethics, and accountability. Even so, despite the fears surrounding the idea of "designer babies," the technology could significantly improve human health and quality of life if it were used responsibly.
You could even imagine a future where people are genetically predisposed toward traits that benefit society, such as stronger analytical thinking or greater scientific curiosity. I am not under any illusion that this could not be abused. Every powerful technology carries risks. Still, I think humanity is more likely to experience substantial benefits before we ever face the kind of AI apocalypse often portrayed in fiction.
Even an AGI would not necessarily control people through force. In many ways, it would be more like a persuasive salesperson. It would recommend, advise, and influence rather than command. Real control is often subtle. It exists when decisions are made on your behalf by a system you rarely see, one that quietly shapes your choices and opportunities while remaining largely invisible. At that point, resisting its influence becomes difficult because it has become part of the infrastructure you depend on every day.
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I think it will solve everything related to tech industries. AI is improving so fast and life will get more easier day by day.In terms of medicine it will also be a life changing material.