Steven Lin, MD, a physician and executive director of the Palo, Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Healthcare AI Applied Research Team, said he is skeptical that generative AI will become a widespread tool among healthcare's front-line workers, Politico reported April 27.
Dr. Lin said that models such as ChatGPT perform well answering medical school test questions correctly, but not real-world questions that are often complex.
"Real patient cases do not fit into the oversimplified 'textbook' presentations that LLMs are trained on," Dr. Lin told Politico's Digital Future Daily newsletter.
He also said he's not too sure if generative AI will be something that spreads rapidly throughout healthcare.
"Soon, in the next 6-12 months, the hype will cool down and we'll slow down and realize how much work still needs to be done," Dr. Lin said.
According to a March 22 report from consulting firm Accenture, fewer than half of healthcare organizations are planning to pilot a generative AI program in 2023.