Should you trust an AI-assisted doctor? I visited one to see.

Our tech columnist visits a doctor assisted by AI. He finds potential and worrisome questions about whether it’s accurate, biased or always useful in health care.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — At a recent medical checkup, the doctor showed up with artificial intelligence. I got to see AI’s possibilities and problems play out in a very personal way.

“Before we start, I want to just ask you a quick question,” Stanford Health Care’s Christopher Sharp says, opening an app on his smartphone. “I’m using a technology that records our conversation and uses artificial intelligence to summarize and make my notes for me.”.