02/10/2026
AI as a flavour enhancer for growing problems. A recent article published in npj Digital Medicine summarises problematic trends in the use of in : https://lnkd.in/euNbr7aN. Interestingly, if you replaced âartificial intelligenceâ in the title âSeven deadly sins in artificial intelligence for digital medicineâ with or , the articleâs observations would remain just as relevant and plausible. These problems have been with us for a long time. The emergence of has only made them more pronounced, much like enhances the flavour of a hamburger. The of medical processes has long contributed to distortions in professional practice: blind trust in technology; the algorithmisation of clinical processes; the dehumanisation of the doctorâpatient relationship; reliance on metrics to optimise and measure the effectiveness of medical care; information overload, including fake news; the concealment of reality behind a veil of medical statistics; and the deterioration of closed, self-regulating systems. These are precisely the issues the authors discuss. Is it time to reflect? Or is it already time to take action?