If it hadn’t been for a Google search 10 years ago, Ian Stedman may never have discovered he had a rare disease and, most importantly, wouldn’t have known how to treat it.
Now he hopes the growing development of artificial intelligence will make sure others don’t go undiagnosed for decades, like he did.
“I think [artificial intelligence] has potential to completely transform the health-care system,” Stedman told White Coat, Black Art host Dr. Brian Goldman.
“I don’t know if it’s for better or for worse yet, but I do think it’s a real important conversation for us to have about how to regulate it and how to make sure that what people are finding online is helpful instead of harmful.”
Stedman, of Woodbridge, Ont., went 32 years of his life without being diagnosed. But by plugging his symptoms into an online search, he figured out that both he and his daughter might have a rare disease called Muckle-Wells syndrome.
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