Linus Tech Tips Discussion

 Just a case of A.I. going "Quack"ers? Summary Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient injuries.   Quotes Quote In 2021, a unit of healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson announced “a leap forward”: It had added artificial intelligence to a medical device used to treat chronic sinusitis, an inflammation of the sinuses. Acclarent said the software for its TruDi Navigation System would now use a machine-learning algorithm to assist ear, nose and throat specialists in surgeries. The device had already been on the market for about three years. Until then, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had received unconfirmed reports of seven instances in which the device malfunctioned and another report of a patient injury. Since AI was added to the device, the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions and adverse events.   At least 10 people were injured between late 2021 and November 2025, according to the reports. Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads during operations.   Cerebrospinal fluid reportedly leaked from one patient’s nose. In another reported case, a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients each allegedly suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured.   My thoughts You think AI getting weird/wrong results with a web search was bad? This is much worse - Yet it goes on with no end in sight and seemingly no attempts to even slow it down, much less stop it or so it seems.  One question is a simple one - "Why" when everyone already knows AI is far from perfect, yet you can't be less than perfect (More or less) when it comes down to practicing medicine. That's because life is often on the line and a success or failure here can be and usually is literally the difference between life or death. The increase of the use of such devices with things "As Is" only invites more risk unless this trend can be reversed and actually fixed - Simply reducing it by the numbers/incidents isn't enough.    Sources As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts | Reuters