ETH Professor: Medical AI Needs Reasons, Not Just Answers
Michael_D_Moor · x · 2026-08-18
Professor Michael Moor, head of the Medical AI Lab at ETH Zurich, appeared on The Convergence podcast to discuss:
- RadAgent: A recent preprint on tool-using agents in medical settings.
- Reasoning: Emphasizing that medical AI must provide interpretable reasoning, not just diagnostic answers.
- Future: The potential of combining medical foundation models with agent systems.
Moor also shared his journey from medical training to machine learning research.
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