The Doctor and the Algorithm. Promise, Peril, and the Future of Health AI S. Scott Graham (2022) 272pp., £33 hardback, Oxford University Press, New York, ISBN 978-0-19-764446-1
Building on the promise of the new smart technologies being developed worldwide, and their interoperability with each other, we can say that we live in what Mireille Hildebrandt (2016, p.77) calls the ‘onlife world’. Within this new environment, we are going to find a myriad of interactions that present us with lots of opportunities – but also risks. The posterchild that depicts these opportunities and threats is artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in particular. In the context of the new spring of AI, we can find works on this technology that, on many occasions, try to offer us multidisciplinary and complete views of Calabresi’s Cathedral. 1 Their outputs vie to be the next candidate for the new single and unified theory of AI. These works are fascinating but, in our very dynamic world, certain industries need more refined approaches. One of these industries is the healthcare industry.