For more than a decade, researchers have wondered whether artificial intelligence could help predict what incapacitated patients might want when doctors must make life-or-death decisions on their behalf.
It remains one of the most high-stakes questions in health care AI today. But as AI improves, some experts increasingly see it as inevitable that digital “clones” of patients could one day aid family members, doctors, and ethics boards in making end-of-life decisions that are aligned with a patient’s values and goals.
Ars spoke with experts conducting or closely monitoring this research who confirmed that no hospital has yet deployed so-called “AI surrogates.” But AI researcher Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad is aiming to change that, taking the first steps toward piloting AI surrogates at a US medical facility.
JUST TALK TO YOUR LOVED ONES ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO DIE. It shouldn't be this taboo, we literally all do it!
Rounded up some EOL docs, filled in the blanks, tried to show my wife. She wouldn't hear it. Emailed her a plain text doc with everything she needs to know to get into my tech, insurance, money and EOL docs. Bet money she can't find it.
Guy I knew had just divorced his wife, told me he didn't have life insurance, "That bitch isn't getting any money!" "Larry, you have 3 small children and you're middle-aged."
Almost every doctor has signed a DNR. That kinda says something, don't it?!
Speaking of, I need to get this house and everything else in a trust so my wife and kids don't lose half of it in probate court. Mom went through that when dad died, what a fucking nightmare. She came out with plenty, but still, must have lost shitloads.
I used something like this for basic planning:
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning/getting-your-affairs-order-checklist-documents-prepare-future
In any case, every source agrees on what's important.
I'm am RN and I'm a DNR. I'm psych now but when I was in school I sat 1:1 with patients who for whatever reason couldn't cooperate with care (suicide watch, dementia, delirium, etc). I think if you're going to use your POA powers to force your loved one to receive care they don't want, you should have to stand at the foot of the bed and watch and listen while we do it. If you can't stomach them screaming then you shouldn't have the right to sign off on it.