Day: February 17, 2023

For decades, science fiction authors and film directors have imagined and shaped our idea of the future of medicine. From Blade Runner (1982) to Ghost in the Shell (1995) and The Matrix (1999), a common trope is that when someone is injured they immediately receive a full-body scan, before being accurately diagnosed and then treated back to health by an AI-driven robot or android. Only in the most severe of cases does the artificial doctor say there’s nothing they can