IA en medicina: ¿herramienta cognitiva o prótesis del pensamiento?
La discusión sobre inteligencia artificial en medicina suele centrarse en una pregunta: si algún día reemplazará a los médicos. Sin embargo, un nuevo enfoque plantea una inquietud más profunda: cómo la IA podría estar modificando nuestro razonamiento clínico.
A partir de un estudio del MIT sobre “deuda cognitiva”, este artículo explora la diferencia entre utilizar la IA como herramienta complementaria del pensamiento o como sustituto del esfuerzo cognitivo. Porque el verdadero riesgo quizá no sea tecnológico, sino intelectual.
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