[Preconceived ideas about artificial intelligence]

Preconceived ideas about artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) has made considerable progress in many tasks or activities that involve a large number of jobs and sectors. She is thus the subject of many fantasies and fears. People could see AI as a machine as intelligent as a human, self-aware and able to make choices with automony. However, this representation is very far from reality. Existing AI systems are not about to be endowed with a consciousness and capable of thinking for themselves. It is true that there are many AI tools available on the healthcare market and the scope of their current applications in the field of medical diagnosis seems impressive. But overall, promises remain uncertain at this stage. The scenario of a medicine without doctors, of brutal destruction of the health professions, is today more of a buzz and a media frenzy than a science. One way to understand this media excitement would be to ask why AI and health «go well together»? What is the reality of AI today and what are its strong limitations? The objective of this article is not to affirm that AI is a non-subject, quite the contrary, but to make people aware that the future of the health system will be the one we want to promote for the future.