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<\/p>\nEthics lecturer Guillaume Massol of the University of Toulouse says the capacity to adapt is our true strength<\/p>\n
\n Medicine is where AI will ‘probably have the biggest impact’
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AI will transform our lives, but we must learn how to properly use it, says Guillaume Massol, a teacher of scientific and medical English, specialising in ethics, at the University of Toulouse.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there have always been fears when there is new technology. I\u2019m old enough to remember when Wikipedia arrived, Google, the mobile phone, and now we don\u2019t even think about them \u2013 it\u2019s like using electricity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAI will be the same soon, it will be everywhere. The transition is difficult but we must adapt.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need not to be mastered by technology but rather learn to master it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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‘Task, not ask’<\/p>\n
AI is already transforming the classroom and Mr Massol has embraced its use, allowing students to do the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you use ChatGPT the right way, it\u2019s not cheating. If you can teach them to use the tools correctly, we can empower students with something great.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Generative AI such as ChatGPT<\/a> are \u201cbrilliant tools for educators and learners\u201d, he said. They can help to ease admin for teachers and \u201cdemocratise access to knowledge\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, proper training is essential. Mr Massol teaches his students to \u201ctask, not ask\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had an assistant and I asked them to make me a cup of coffee, they would go to the vending machine and probably bring back a horrible coffee.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if I tell my assistant: \u2018Go to my office and in the cupboard you will find a special coffee I want to drink at 10:00. Brew my coffee in the machine and, while it is still hot, run fast to give it to me. That is the difference.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you give specific instructions and you know what you want in the end, you get the best results. That is tasking.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Avoiding AI entirely is counterproductive, he said, as companies will increasingly look to hire graduates who can use the technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI tell (my students) that if you can use generative AI correctly, you will get a job.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n AI in hospitals<\/p>\n Medicine is where AI will \u201cprobably have the biggest impact\u201d said Mr Massol, who teaches in the university\u2019s medical school.\u00a0<\/p>\n Studies have shown that AI is incredibly accurate at detecting cancers (it showed<\/a> 92% accuracy in diagnosing ovarian cancer in one study) and it has even been found<\/a> to show more empathy than some doctors when breaking bad news.\u00a0<\/p>\n One obstacle, however, is training. While countries such as Sweden and Denmark include structured AI tuition for healthcare professionals, other countries, including France, are lagging behind. <\/p>\n \u201cIt is not about being scared of the tool, it is about learning how to use it correctly,\u201d said Mr Massol.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, he acknowledged concerns, such as how best to protect data and how to use AI, proven in the past to have biases, in areas such as insurance decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to make sure the human is not forgotten for the benefit of economy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite AI often being used to speed up processes, it is also important to spend time going over results thoroughly, Mr Massol added.<\/p>\n \u201cSit back, read them again, make sure you are not delegating your reason, your judgement to the machine. In the case of doctors, it is so important.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘We have to adapt to AI’<\/p>\n As for the enduring question about what AI means for the workforce, Mr Massol has a measured response.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think AI is going to take our jobs, but we need to make sure we can work alongside it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe definition of intelligence in biology is adaptation. You need to fit your environment and AI is now in the environment.<\/p>\n \u201cIn medicine, management, and other fields, if my colleague uses AI and I don\u2019t, and they are more productive, faster, better, obviously at some point there will be an issue.<\/p>\n \u201cThe difficulty will be training, adapting and how we fit in this whole new environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ethics lecturer Guillaume Massol of the University of Toulouse says the capacity to adapt is our true strength…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-206835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}