Caregivers and autonomous artificial agents: ethical, legal and medical aspects of the care relationship

It was recently announced that China has launched the world’s first AI-powered hospital, the “Agent Hospital”, designed and developed by Tsinghua University in Beijing. The facility has 14 AI doctors and four virtual nurses capable of providing the most advanced healthcare solutions. In fact, it is expected that AI doctors will be able to diagnose and treat a very large number of patients in a much shorter time than human doctors: it is estimated that they can treat up to 3,000 patients per day. This is a real step forward in medical technology, leading to greater efficiency in the healthcare sector and even greater precision in the prevention and treatment of diseases, as AI doctors have al-ready demonstrated an accuracy rate of over 93% in medical examinations, raising the standards of success...