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Column | Should you trust an AI-assisted doctor? I visited one to see.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

Column | Should you trust an AI-assisted doctor? I visited one to see.

Millions are already being treated by doctors using artificial intelligence to take notes and draft emails to patients. But we still don't know when AI tools are accurate or biased -- or if they even save doctors time.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- At a recent medical checkup, the doctor showed up with artificial intelligence. I got to see AI's possibilities and problems play out in a very personal way.

"Before we start, I want to just ask you a quick question," Stanford Health Care's Christopher Sharp says, opening an app on his smartphone. "I'm using a technology that records our conversation and uses artificial intelligence to summarize and make my notes for me."

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