The Chinese healthcare industry is struggling to keep up with its burgeoning population growth as many doctors are overworked. In a bid to offer a more efficient and streamlined process, clinicians are adopting AI to help diagnose people, while also giving them some much-needed credibility.

Many people turn to the internet to avoid visiting their doctor, but Googling the symptoms of a cold can lead down a wormhole of worst-case scenarios. Ada helps people self-diagnose more accurately with the help of AI, also allowing live chats with physicians for extra peace of mind.

With a thousands of ways to improve the American healthcare system, big tech names, from Uber to Amazon, are stepping in to provide better access, while startups are providing alternatives to traditional care. But do people really want to see a Silicon Valley ethos applied to medical care?

People are nervous about emerging technologies, yet 63% of people don’t realise they already using AI every day. Canvas8 spoke with Alex Salkever, co-author of The Driver in the Driverless Car and VP of communications at Mozilla, to understand how we can rethink AI's presence in our lives.