The Power of Questions: Why AI Is Better at Medical Diagnoses

Send us Fan Mail What if the best AI doctor is the one that asks the most questions? For years, artificial intelligence has been tested on medicine by being handed a finished case file. This episode explores a Science paper that changes the test. In a simulation called SDBench, an AI starts with a vague complaint and must ask questions, order costly tests, and commit to a diagnosis, just like a doctor. In this episode: Why “AI passes the medical exam” headlines can misleadHow the SDBench simu...