Guest commentary: We can't subcontract medical empathy to AI

Guest commentary: We can't subcontract medical empathy to AI

The Galveston County Daily News, May 6, 2025

While AI can support clinicians in many ways that will benefit patients, it should not replace “real, flawed, human empathy, we must keep the soul of medicine intact,” writes UTMB’s Dr. Jarell De Matas.

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