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Hi everyone, Dr. Sil Dand, medical doctor. Welcome to another video. I want to share with you in this video a completely insane story from a close relative of mine. And it reinforces in my mind how artificial intelligence is coming faster than we think, faster than certainly many doctors imagine, most doctors and I believe that large swaths of the medical establishment are going to be complete toast, and they are completely blind to this.
I think a lot of this disruption is sorely needed. And I'm not giving an opinion on whether I think AI is good or bad. I'm simply saying what is. And I talk about a lot of these issues as well in my free newsletter. For those of you who are not already signed up for my free newsletter, the link is down below.
All right. So, what happened then? Well, this is a close relative who is actually overseas and started to get some unusual lesions on her legs. She wasn't sure what they were, but obviously, anyone—she's a young lady—was very concerned. Usually, she would contact me immediately with any type of medical concerns, but I was overseas, couldn't get to it right away; I wasn't close physically. And by the time I got the call—uh, initially, actually, it was a message that something was wrong—and then I spoke afterwards—that there were some unusual lesions on the leg, and I got a picture, and it was an unusual-looking lesion. It kind of looked a little bit like a bruise, what we call echimoses, but there were a few of these. So immediately, when I saw that, a few differentials came to mind.
And then I called and went through the story, and she said to me, "Well, I have to tell you what I actually did. I actually sent the picture of the lesions to an artificial intelligence program, and it already told me what it thought was the problem." And then I said, "Oh, this is interesting. So tell me what the AI program said." So basically, she went over the AI list of differential diagnosis. And I thought to myself, my goodness, this is perfect. Now, I'm not a hematologist. I'm not a blood specialist, but I do understand a lot about skin lesions. I see many myself, but this looks absolutely perfect in terms of what differentials could be for unusual bruising without any particular known cause. There was no trauma. And then it went over a list because she asked it for a list of tests to get.
Now, she thinks very much the same as me; she's very distrusting of the medical profession. She thinks huge swaths of it are a complete scam as well. And she decided that she would investigate it herself. I mean, these were small lesions. It didn't seem like a medical emergency. So, I spoke to her and said, "Are you okay?" It didn't sound to me like she needed any urgent attention, and it suggested some blood tests to get to make sure that there was nothing urgent like a clotting issue or a nutritional deficiency. I suppose a nutritional deficiency wouldn't be urgent, but anyway, it came up with a list of perfect blood tests to get.
So, she went herself and got the blood test done. In many countries, including the USA and UK, you can order these tests yourself online. There are many different labs, and she decided she would go and get that done, and she didn't think it warranted an urgent doctor visit, and doctor visits are pretty difficult to get anyway. So, she did that herself. She had the means to do so. It wasn't super expensive. And she got the blood test back a few days later, and by then these lesions were actually getting better on their own, like a lot of medical issues. Many get better on their own. But she went over everything with me. All of the lab tests were fine. There were no clotting issues. There were no nutritional deficiencies. And by then, the problem seemed to have resolved. Again, it didn't seem like anything urgent. And I'm not saying that everybody should be doing this. I'm merely relaying the story to you.
And it really got me thinking. And here was someone who isn't a doctor, and she completely got a perfect list of differential diagnosis from AI. In fact, I think even a skin specialist or a blood specialist couldn't produce such a perfect list of possibilities. And then it went over the fact, asked some questions about whether or not she was having any urgent symptoms. No. And then it suggested some blood tests to go and get, and she decided she made a decision to go and get the blood test done herself, and they all ended up completely normal. So, aside from the fact that she spoke to me about this the whole time, there was no other physical doctor involved; indeed, she could have done this all without me, to be completely honest.
And remember, right now, artificial intelligence is in its infancy. It's barely started. I mean, how many of us were seriously talking about AI programs a couple of years ago? And look where we are right now. And AI is getting better every single week. Imagine where we'll be in a year or two. And this is why I say the medical profession, which historically is full of arrogance, full of pride, full of thinking that they are immune from technological changes, they have no idea what is coming to them. So many doctors that I even interact with regularly are hopelessly blindsided on what's about to happen.
And am I saying that all doctors are bad or doctors are going to be out of jobs in their thousands? Not saying that. But I'm saying that we're entering a brave new era. And I think this is a good thing. Patients everywhere should be empowered. And let's be quite frank here. AI or not, the current medical system, the medical profession, which has completely sold out to big government, big business, insurance industries, you name it, complete sellout. They totally deserve to be in a bit of trouble here and have a situation where millions of people—this is merely one example, I'm telling you, there will be many other examples like this—where AI can be used and completely bypass doctors. They will—will not be needed, especially for non-urgent issues. And doctors better get ready. I mean, maybe over time even more urgent issues can be addressed by AI.
And I'm approaching this from a position of wanting the best health care for people, wanting health and wellness for as many people as possible. I still think that good doctors will always be very needed, and especially when AI comes in, that will help distinguish the good doctors from the robotic doctors because, to be quite frank, the system is so bad. How could AI be any worse than that? And at its core, medicine is about giving people solutions to their health problems, ruling out anything urgent, telling them what should and shouldn't be done. And doctors arrogantly might be thinking, well, we're very regulated, and if we have to prescribe something or get other tests done, we will be needed. Well, don't be so sure about that because it would be very easy, theoretically, if AI is giving the answer on a diagnosis for a doctor to be bypassed, to go straight to a pharmacist. Of course, you will need somebody at the helm making sure that we're not missing anything which is life-threatening, but I'm sure you can all see how this world will be completely different. And it's evolving so fast, none of us know what is coming next.
And this is such a great thing, as far as I'm concerned, for awakening up a profession which has failed and is failing so many millions of people across the western world. So I wanted to share that story with you. This was a relative of mine, very close, who got great answers and was able to get her own lab tests, completely bypassing a doctor. And this was for something relatively trivial. It got better on its own. And once more, I'm not saying that everybody should be looking to do this to solve their medical issues right now, but give it a few months. AI might be two, three, four times better than it is right now. And if a doctor thinks that they are the only person who can answer a patient's problem and give them a diagnosis, well, you are in for a huge surprise very soon.
So, watch this space. It will be evolving all the time. And I will certainly share more stories and my own predictions and insights with you in future videos. Thanks everyone for watching. Let me know your thoughts down below. What do you think of AI? Regardless of whether you like it, whether you don't like it, whether you're scared by it, it is coming, and millions of people are going to be utilizing it. And I think if it gives people more options and helps them to stay away from a system which is utterly corrupted and failing so many millions of people, then that can only be a good thing.
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