May 18, 2026

@michaelokun

Artificial intelligence has arrived in Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, and many physicians and persons with Parkinson’s are asking the same questions. Can a computer really recognize Parkinson’s disease better than a neurologist? Will AI replace doctors? Can we trust algorithms trained on thousands of MRI scans and wearable sensor recordings? What happens when the AI gets it wrong? These are not science fiction questions anymore. They are unfolding now in clinics and research centers across the world. The excitement is real, however so is the controversy. Parkinson’s disease remains a clinical diagnosis, and no computer currently replaces the expertise of a skilled movement disorders neurologist. Yet for the first time in history, AI tools are beginning to detect patterns invisible to the human eye, and they may fundamentally reshape how we diagnose and understand Parkinson’s disease in the coming decade. https://michaelokun.substack.com/p/how-artificial-intelligence-will #ai #parkinson