RadAgent Author: Medical AI Needs Reasons, Not Just Answers
Michael_D_Moor · x · 2026-08-18
Michael Moor, a medical AI researcher, joined Dr. Brian McDonough on the podcast The Convergence to discuss his team's recent preprint RadAgent, a tool-using agent for medical imaging. Topics include:
- Why medical AI needs to provide reasoning, not just answers;
- The capabilities and limits of tool-using agents in clinical settings;
- Paths forward for medical reasoning in AI.
Moor describes the conversation as mixing "some spice, some despair, some hope."
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