AI Just Diagnosed You—Now What? The Rise of Superhuman Doctors Made of Code
An AI chatbot diagnosed a U.S. boy’s chronic pain as spina bifida occulta after 17 doctors failed; a specialist confirmed the result. Microsoft’s MAI-DxO correctly diagnosed 85% of nearly 300 complex cases, far surpassing physicians. By October 2024, the FDA had cleared over 1,000 AI medical devices, mainly for radiology, but no generative AI system had full approval as a medical device.