Physicians' own ability to spot pre-cancerous growths during colonoscopies declined after they had grown accustomed to using an artificial-intelligence tool to help with the task.Credit: Gabrielle Voinot/Look at Sciences/Science Photo Library That possibility is a growing concern for medical specialists, computer scientists and other workers. Seventy per cent of nurses and 77% of physicians, for example, are worried about losing their skills because of over-reliance on AI systems, according to a survey of US health-care workers published earlier this month1. Their fear might be justified. Evidence suggests that AI-driven 'deskilling' is starting to happen in medicine, computer science and other fields. Researchers are now discussing how to preserve important human expertise in the age of AI. 'Just being aware that this phenomenon exists hopefully provokes some self-reflection about which skills people want to maintain and which they're willing to outsource' to AI tools, says Kevin...
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