Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that has revolutionized various fields of knowledge, including medicine. However, its use and potential in this area are not without controversies and misunderstandings. In this article, the authors, a computer scientist and a psychiatrist, critically analyze the concept of artificial intelligence and its applications in medicine, especially in psychiatry. To do this, they distinguish between intelligence and thought, and argue that the former is a tool of the latter, which is a much more complex and evolutionary mental faculty. Likewise, they question the philosophical naivety of some AI researchers, who overestimate the possibilities of creating thinking and feeling machines. They also reject the extremes of journalism and marketing, which present AI as a threat or a solution for humanity. Finally, they recognize the value and usefulness of this technology, but warn that it cannot replace human thought, which is based on reason, logic, instinct, habit and emotion.
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