“In essence, dependence on AI detection could dull human pattern recognition,” Ahmad says. He adds that regular use of AI could also “reduce diagnostic confidence” when AI assistance is withdrawn, or that the endoscopists’ skill of manoeuvring the colonoscope could be reduced.

Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

A new study warned that using artificial intelligence to detect cancer actually made doctors worse at their jobs. Researchers wrote in a paper published in the Lancet journal Wednesday that doctors’ ability to detect cancer dropped by 20 percent after implementing an AI tool to help them with diagnostics for three months.