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NPJ Digit Med<br>. 2026 May 7;9:538. doi: 10.1038/s41746-026-02717-z
Hubris in the age of intelligent medicine—from clinical hierarchies to algorithmic amplification
Milit S Patel<br>Milit S Patel
1Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA
2Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
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1,2, David Scales<br>David Scales
3Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY USA
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3, Janan Arslan<br>Janan Arslan
4Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
5Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, VIC Australia
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4,5, Paola Pedrelli<br>Paola Pedrelli
6Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
7Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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6,7, Matthew G Crowson<br>Matthew G Crowson
8Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
9Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA USA
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8,9, Rawan Abulibdeh<br>Rawan Abulibdeh
10TRANSFORM HF, Department of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada
11Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada
12Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
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10,11,12, Leo Anthony Celi<br>Leo Anthony Celi
2Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
13Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA USA
14Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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1Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX USA
2Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA
3Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY USA
4Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
5Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, VIC Australia
6Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
7Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
8Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
9Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA USA
10TRANSFORM HF, Department of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada
11Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada
12Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
13Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA USA
14Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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Received 2026 Feb 8; Accepted 2026 Apr 27; Collection date 2026.
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