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From Single Neurons to AI Systems: The Evolution of Decision Sciences in Medicine with Dr. Eric Horvitz

NEJM AI Grand Rounds

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Formal Decision-Making in Medicine

The speaker was amazed by the formal reasoning involved in decision analysis and decision theory to elicit patient utilities and make rational decisions efficiently. They questioned why all of medicine doesn't follow this approach, leading to a realization of the gap between theoretical frameworks and practical demands on clinicians. The speaker highlighted the potential for large language models like GPT-4 to address the challenges faced by individual clinicians in making decisions based on formal decision theory.

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