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AI in Medical or Dental Practices: Pros? Cons?

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 Superesse (original poster member #60731) posted at 1:06 AM on Thursday, February 12th, 2026

In searching for a good medical or dental practitioner, would you be more inclined to choose an office that claims to have adopted AI diagnostics, or would that practitioner's claim have you wondering what problems their AI might flag that possibly could over-complicate your preventive treatment plan? I can see advantages AND disadvantages. What do you think?

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sisoon ( Moderator #31240) posted at 5:12 PM on Thursday, February 12th, 2026

It depends on how AI is used, IMO. AI is probabilistic, I believe, which means it will be wrong some of the time. I'd want someone who treats AI very critically....

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number4 ( member #62204) posted at 7:03 PM on Thursday, February 12th, 2026

I remember reading a story a few months ago about a middle school teacher who gave her students an assignment of using AI to write a paper on something historical or scientific (something that can be proven as factual and not opinion). Once they turned those in, the not-in-the-know students were then randomly given their papers back to student other than themselves, and their next assignment was to find inaccuracies in the paper they were now reading.

It was an eye-opener and a strong message about how foolish it is to use AI for even factually-proven based information.

It can be a jumping off point, but I would not want my PCP using it for my health. I'd want them to use the scientifically evidence-proven information that's out there to treat me, not some general population that I might might or might not have something in common with.

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