Can AI replicate the human touch in healthcare provision?

In this opinion piece, Ivor Campbell (Snedden Campbell Ltd; Callander, UK) discusses the latest hype around AI and the significant breakthroughs these technological advancements offer to healthcare. Ivor considers whether AI tools can possess the same empathy and sensitivity that must be carefully balanced by healthcare practitioners. Anyone who recalls the ‘turbo’ trend of the 1980s will have a foreboding sense of déjà vu about the sudden ubiquity of AI in every aspect of our lives. What began with the Swedish motor manufacturer, Saab, unveiling its 99 Turbo Coupé in 1977, suddenly had manufacturers scrambling for their own version of...