China has unveiled the world’s first fully AI-powered hospital, marking a radical shift in the longer term of healthcare.
Developed by Tsinghua University in Beijing, the “Agent Hospital” features 14 AI doctors and 4 AI nurses that may diagnose, treat, and manage as much as 3,000 patients per day, with none human staff.
- Faster, smarter care: What would take human doctors 3 years, the AI doctors can do in 1 day.
- High IQ bots: These AI agents scored a 93.06% pass rate on the US Medical Licensing Exam.
- Training without risk: The virtual hospital allows medical students to practice in a completely simulated, no-risk environment.
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How it really works
The hospital uses multimodal large language models (MLLMs) to simulate real-time interactions with patients, handle diagnoses, prescribe treatments, and monitor disease progression, all digitally.
It also includes predictive capabilities that may simulate how diseases spread, potentially helping officials prepare for future pandemics.
While it’s still within the research phase, Agent Hospital points to a future where AI could alleviate overburdened healthcare systems, provide round the clock care in underserved areas, and revolutionize medical education.
The technology must still clear regulatory and ethical hurdles, however the direction is obvious: the AI doctor will see you now.
