The latest in the works now is a "doctor".

Robots that perform surgery and websites that prescribes drugs. The software program works by looking at a patient's history. The Different Ways AI is being used in Medicine  In a children's hospital in Boston, AI is being used to identify victims of abuse. It treats patients based on their answers to a questionnaire.

Doctor Robot is live but still evolving and even boasts an online pharmacy no prior prescriptions needed. If there are certain red flags, like repeated injuries combined with depression, the system raises an alert.

The program is said to identify patients up to 6 years earlier than a human doctor would have. A lot of people might not realize it, but in fact artificial intelligence is already being used in medicine today. Â On the web, a Russian doctor has launched a website, "Doctor Robot". Phones that can scan your brain, deliver babies and treat heart attacks.

It might sound like pleasant fiction, but in the future these all might be as commonplace as using a cell phone.