Communicating About and With Artificial Intelligence Applications

Abstract

This session provided attendees with an overview of the elements of artificial intelligence (AI) that medical communication professionals can use in their decision-making when communicating about and with AI applications. Knowing how to determine if an AI application is reliable and secure guides the professional in their assessment of applications they write about and their choice of applications they use in their practice. In turn, this ability to assess AI applications underpins professionals’ abilities to identify and apply best practices for developing and writing about AI. Taken together, this understanding of how AI works, how applications are developed, and how to identify and ethically apply best practices will guide professionals in their communication about and with AI applications. Editor's Note Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to be of critical importance to medical communicators for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, AMWA Journal expects to continue to feature AI-related articles in upcoming issues. Given how rapidly advancements are occurring in AI as they relate to medical communication, we are striving to be as timely as possible in bringing relevant articles to you. In this spirit, we are supplementing the Summer 2024 Digital Revolution theme issue with a timely article titled ‘Communicating About and With Artificial Intelligence Applications’ by J. Kelly Byram, based on a presentation made by the author at the most recent AMWA Medical Writing & Communication Conference.