Opinion: Should we bring AI into hospitals? Let’s find the middle ground

Ethical issues aside, incorporating LLMs into existing health care systems – while also navigating legal issues – is not only extremely challenging, but it also takes time and requires implementation instead of pausing to explore potential legal obstacles. — Getty Images/TNS

Recently, two major news stories in the technology world broke out. The first one was about a call by big names in the technology sector to pause the development of artificial intelligence. The second was about the use of large language models, or LLMs, in health care. That followed a recent interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who revealed that ChatGPT and other applications based on LLMs will allow us to “have medical advice for everybody.”

Some technology leaders are calling for pausing AI development altogether while another suggests that we should integrate AI into one of the most vital sectors of the society: namely, health care.