Sick and Systemic

Artificial intelligence has entered medicine with the confidence of a salesperson, the buzzwords of a corporate mission statement, and the urgency of a tech launch.

It promises to cure healthcare. So why does something feel so off?

In Sick and Systemic: Volume 5 - The AI Edition, physician and storyteller Arthur Lazarus turns a sharp, unflinching eye on what happens when AI is dropped into our already broken medical system. The real danger isn't that the computers will fail. The danger is that they will work perfectly-to help a dysfunctional system maximize profits instead of care.

Through a series of fast-paced, darkly comic scenes, Lazarus reveals a world that is eerily familiar:

• Friendly AI companions chat with lonely patients but fail to get them actual medical help.
• Computer programs calculate every medical variable except the human being in the room.
• Automated bots make medical decisions and deny insurance claims in the name of "innovation."
• Hospital executives celebrate a "successful" AI launch because they haven't yet figured out who to blame when it goes wrong.