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Some of Google's claims were remarkable: its AI could answer common medical questions requiring a long written response, and real doctors said 92.6 per cent of Med-PaLM's replies "aligned with scientific consensus", just 0.3 per cent less than answers given by human doctors. Views Artificially intelligent HOW would you feel if your doctor, rather than consult their own clinical knowledge, turned instead to an AI trained on your medical history to help diagnose your next ailment or write your next prescription?. [Extracted from the article]

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