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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know who isn’t worried?

Plumbers
Electricians
Carpenters
Nurses
Doctors
Dentists 
Police officers
Landscapers
Construction workers
Teachers
Physical therapists
EMTs
Surgeons 
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Says who? All the doctors in my family, most of whom are surgeons, are very concerned about the rise in AI being used to diagnose patients, for instance. Entire teams of specialists can be rendered redundant as AI gets better at analyzing disparate symptoms to identify the body systems affected and likely underlying causes that can take human doctors years to diagnose. [b]The encroachment on the medical field is already significant.[/b] [/quote]

No. I appreciate you have family members who are doctors, but I am a doctor. [b]AI isn't encroaching significantly onto healthcare.[/b] Sorry. Cite it, if you think you have other reasons besides anecdote.

OpenEvidence is helpful. There are places in radiology and pathology reporting where a first pass with AI is sometimes helpful. Where else?

That being said, I'm a [i]doctor[/i]. Of course, if there is a better way to provide health care to people, I'm all for it. I'm sure we will get there eventually. Heck, if there were no illnesses, accidents, or aging, I'd be out of a job -- and that would be [i]great[/i]. Putting me out of work would be a fantastic endgame.

Until then, I'm not going to lose my mind, soil myself, or whatever it is you think I should be doing at the prospect. Not going to change the outcome anyway. [/quote]
I keep advocating for the AMA and state licensing authorities to make continuing medical education requirements at least as rigorous as continuing legal education requirements. The way doctors who aren't in hospital and research settings quickly lose track of new drugs, interventions, and advances is disturbing. Anyway, let me catch you up:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/health/chatgpt-ai-doctors-diagnosis.html

https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-medical-superintelligence-diagnosis/

https://time.com/7299314/microsoft-ai-better-than-doctors-diagnosis/

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/ai-system-detailed-diagnostic-reasoning-makes-its-case

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/29/if-ai-can-diagnose-patients-what-are-doctors-for

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinics-ai-tool-identifies-9-dementia-types-including-alzheimers-with-one-scan/

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You count small individual studies as "encroaching significantly onto healthcare?" :lol:  Okay, there's your problem. Small studies are just studies. Nobody is paying for any of this instead of actual people providing healthcare. Nothing has been replaced.

I'm a pediatrician who has spent 25 years in this business, working across two countries and teaching in three medical schools. Of course I know about the studies you referenced, but you haven't made a case for them significantly "encroaching" onto anything except clickbait real estate.

Try again.[/quote]

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