'Health Professionals' Skills To Detect Benign Tumours Drop After Using Ai For 3 Months'

Frequent reliance on artificial intelligence may lead to the risk of losing skills, as indicated by a study that discovered a 20 per cent decrease in the ability of experienced health professionals to detect benign tumour growths in colonoscopies when not using AI.

- Press Trust Of India

Researchers from Poland, Norway, Sweden, and other European nations examined more than 1,400 colonoscopies — approximately 800 were conducted without Al assistance, while 650 utilised Al during the procedure. A colonoscopy is used to inspect the large intestine, encompassing the colon and rectum, for disease.

The study compared colonoscopies performed three months prior to and following the integration of Al. Three months after becoming reliant on Al for support, the detection rate of adenomas -- a noncancerous tumour -- during standard colonoscopy decreased significantly from 28.4 per cent before to 22.4 per cent after exposure to Al, the authors stated in their study published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal.