Neel Kothari considers whether the dental profession is immune to the increasing use of AI across all sectors – is there anything only humans can do?
A friend recently showed me a short video clip of his children when they were younger. The video quality was excellent and his daughters were having a lovely interaction. He then went on to tell me that it was generated from a single photo using artificial intelligence (AI). In equal measures I was both amazed and terrified about what is now possible.
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said: ‘The only constant in life is change.’ Whilst change is inevitable, few could have anticipated the rapid pace of change or its profound effects on society that we are now seeing. Further, it’s not entirely clear how the dental jobs market will be impacted as technology advances.
‘It isn’t just that AI has the potential to automate time consuming activities, there is real possibility that it might be able to do it better than we can’
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