Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool, leveraging computers and machines to [apparently] mimic the problem-solving and decision-making capabilities of the human mind. It can exhibit various levels of autonomy (perform tasks without constant guidance) and adaptivity (improve by learning from experience) depending on its design, capabilities, and the context in which it operates. For a long time, Hollywood has been grappling with how AI could harm or destroy the human race. A common thread in famous movies like Terminator, Matrix, or Mission Impossible is that AI has a mind of its own that threatens all of humanity and the fate of the human race is at stake. We have yet to reach this kind of self-aware AI and systems that have a sense of self only exist in stories.