“AI-induced deskilling.” That’s what researchers are calling the recent findings showing that doctors become worse at their jobs after using AI.
For instance, a recent study found that doctors who used an AI colonoscopy program became less proficient at detecting adenomas—a key precursor to colon cancer—when they had to return to using their own brains.
Those researchers concluded that “continuous exposure to decision support systems such as AI might lead to the natural human tendency to over-rely on their recommendations, leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance.”
They noted that previous research shows that doctors who use AI tools do not continue to use their own skills to double-check the outcomes; instead, they over-rely on the tools without realizing it, leading to misinterpretation.
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