Sixty percent of respondents in a Pew Research Center survey said they would be uncomfortable if their healthcare provider used AI to diagnose diseases and suggest treatments.
Only 39% of the roughly 11,000 U.S. adults polled said they would feel comfortable with the concept.
Roughly the same number of respondents, 38%, said using AI to diagnose diseases and suggest treatments could result in better patient health outcomes.
- 33% said it would lead to worse health outcomes, while 27% said it wouldn't make a notable difference.
- 40% said they thought AI would cut down on the number of mistakes made by health providers, versus 27% who thought it would lead to more mistakes.
- Additionally, just over half of respondents thought bias and unfair treatment would improve if AI were used more in health care, versus only 15% who thought it would get worse.
- Additionally, 75% of the adults surveyed were more concerned that providers would adopt AI in health and medicine too quickly before understanding the risks.
- Only 23% were more concerned that providers would move too slowly in adopting AI, missing out on opportunities to improve patient health.
- The full results of the survey are available here.
