Recent stories about AI systems behaving badly have raised serious questions about safety, control and regulation. At the same time, generative AI is already being used in healthcare for medical information, patient communication, administrative tasks and, increasingly, clinical support.

This month’s survey asks two related questions: How concerned are you about the long-term risks of increasingly powerful AI? And when it comes specifically to clinical medicine, are we moving too fast, too slowly or at just the right speed?

1. How worried are you that future generations of AI will cause serious harm to humanity?

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2. When it comes to using GenAI in clinical medicine, which statement comes closest to your view?

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Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, the nation’s largest physician group. He’s a Forbes contributor, bestselling author, Stanford University professor, and host of two healthcare podcasts. Check out Pearl’s newest book, ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine.