SEPTEMBER 20249needs, be present to hold patients' hands when they take their last breaths or empathize and console when a child has sensory processing issues such as having meltdowns or overreacting to bright lights.Albeit the myths of AI taking over the workforce would seem extravagantly surreal, there is still a known prevailing fact that critical thinking and problem-solving abilities are non-automatable skills. According to Polymer Search, the number of jobs replaced by AI by 2030 largely depends on the industry and is more susceptible to automation than others. Likewise, PwC did a study to show that 30% of jobs could be at risk of automation by early 2030. Would anyone ever be willing to be operated by AI then? Would you prefer to have AI deliver your firstborn? Or having the AI present when you take your last breath on the ICU bed? Of course not.Nurses play a fundamental role in healthcare, more so especially in Critical Care. Their job requires a blend of clinical plus critical knowledge, a strong sense of empathy, and great communication skills that are truly difficult for AI to emulate. Moreover, ICU nurses must adapt to each individualized patient's needs and respond aptly to every single change in their condition, tasks that require human intuition and appropriate judgment. An example can be depicted from a child in critical care. "These technologies will only reflect the quality of the data they receive -- they won't serve everyone unless the health care system does a better job of creating fair, equitable, representative medical data first," says Dr. Sezgin, who specializes in analyzing the health care applications of AI and recently published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health on its ethical use in pediatrics.Therefore, the basic human touch in critical care is the ultimate need for any healthcare facility. Hospitals must be brave enough to empower nurses to some point as nurses still supersede AI in aspects like values, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, curiosity or inquisitiveness and emotional intelligence.Having said that, we will definitely still want to live with the revolutionary great technologies AI has to offer in critical care settings. Consequently, nurses in complex care situations and AI must gel together to bring out the most beneficial outcomes for the best interest of patients and their safety when they are in their most vulnerable states. The yin and yang of AI and Nursing will continue to accelerate and be integrated in the coming decades whilst ensuring patient-centered care stays at the forefront. Ashish Sukhadeve highlighted in Forbes (2021) the positives of living in a world where AI and humans collaborate instead of competing against each other as well as striving for the right balance between human intelligence and AI. A hybrid AI-human workflow for palliative care in improving efficacy, as mentioned by Chua, I.S. et al. (2022), has shown positive traits to embark on.In conclusion, adaptation is the significant driving force behind human intelligence. In order for adaptation to take place, we need to change in tandem with the restructuring of critical care medicine so that meaningful changes do take place profoundly with the ever-evolving world of AI. Being a positive change agent will definitely impact a culture change in healthcare organizations globally. As Branden Neish asserted in Medical Economics (2023), AI has the ability to bridge the gap between patients and providers with thoughtful and ethical implementation. The basic human touch in critical care is the ultimate need for any healthcare facility
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