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title: Vinod Khosla predicts AI doctors could be here sooner than you think
description: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝙁𝘼𝙎𝙏. At the recent STAT Breakthrough Summit, Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla predicted that “Within 5 to 6 years, the FDA will...
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# [Vinod Khosla predicts AI doctors could be here sooner than you think](https://ourthinking.think-gen.com/ai-doctors-could-heresooner-than-you-think)

 Written by [ThinkGen Team](https://ourthinking.think-gen.com/author/thinkgen-team) | May 17, 2023 11:30:00 AM

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝙁𝘼𝙎𝙏. At the recent STAT Breakthrough Summit, Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla predicted that “Within 5 to 6 years, the FDA will approve a primary care app qualified to practice medicine like your primary care physician.”

“Qualified” is an interesting qualifier in this context. 😊

This raises a question from ThinkGen’s perspective: Is the practice of medicine an art or a science?

We at ThinkGen have worked on projects where we’ve asked doctors this exact question. Some physicians note that it’s both: “Otherwise a computer would be treating patients.”

And some physicians note that when the data clearly supports one intervention, then it’s a science: “Art tends to factor in when there are multiple choices.”

This raises another question: How often does the data support only one intervention?

We at ThinkGen love to ask questions – and we’d love to hear what questions you have about AI and healthcare. Please post in our comments below.

[https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/03/artificial-intelligence-doctor-vinod-khosla-ventures/](https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/03/artificial-intelligence-doctor-vinod-khosla-ventures/)

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