Doctors Think AI Shows Promise—But Worry It Will Mislead Patients

For over a decade now, healthcare workers have had to deal with “Doctor Google”—when patients turn to Google for medical advice instead of a professional. It’s a practice that organizations including Brown University Health, Orlando Health and the Northeast Georgia Physicians Group have advised against, citing both the years of education and experience physicians have as well as the tendency for people to gravitate to worst-case scenarios.

Today, Doctor Google has a new…