Abstract

Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI), a crucial technology in today’s world, has greatly enhanced the Communication Revolution that began after the creation of the World Wide Web (WWW) in the early 1990s. Content: The aim of this review was to study the impact of the practical implementation of AI in the contemporary world, radically transforming interpersonal relationships, and to assess the importance of AI in medical practice as a whole and particularly in the field of rheumatology—through the critical and reflective lens of Bioethics. Discussion: The enormous significance of the advent of AI for professional medical practice in general, and also in rheumatology, cannot be denied. However, the ethical risks and shortcomings of this new technology must also not be overlooked. These aspects are discussed from the perspective of Hans Jonas’s “Ethics of Fear,” which emphatically reminds us of the need to act with caution and responsibility, under the risk of a true catastrophe in the future.

Keywords

artificial intelligence, rheumatology, medicine, bioethics