Threat of AI into healthcare: Healing in AI era

On the other hand, AI, from both neuroscientific and sociological point of view, will never

be capable of genuinely caring for patients. To show real caring like human does, AI need

to understand ideas such as empathy, pain and fear. To achieve that, it needs to

understand the concept of consciousness. This is diTicult as the logic behind

consciousness remains a mystery. Currently there are no valid models for human and AI

to understand consciousness, nor can AI currently possess the ability to act consciously.

An article from MIT Technology Review states that AI agents “don’t possess the right type

of feedback connections, use global workspaces, or appear to have any other markers of

consciousness.” [5] Hence, it is impossible for AI doctors to perform social care eTectively,

meaning it is certain that AI doctors cannot provide the same level of social care to

patients as human doctors can. The key reason here is AI can only mimic consciousness

through actions, it acts based on examples from surroundings, not from consciousness

within, Hence, I would argue that AI doctors naturally suTice in social care, and it will be

diTicult to improve this situation. Hence, AI agents must be treated carefully for social

care and the public as they could be potentially harmful to the eTectiveness of social

care provided and patient identities.