CATO: Regulators should allow broad use of AI tools in healthcare settings

The pro-free market CATO Institute in a new post warns against over-regulation of artificial intelligence in the doctor-patient relationship, citing the strengths and weaknesses of both “AI bots and clinicians” while emphasizing transparency around uses of AI tools and allowing patients to choose.

“Lawmakers and policymakers should avoid enacting regulations that interfere with the natural development of the patient-bot relationship and unnecessarily obstruct AI innovation, while still ensuring transparency and safety,” CATO’s Jeffrey Singer says in part one of...