Six Reasons We Are Not Ready for Autonomous AI Doctors
JAMA just published a proposal to license AI as autonomous clinical practitioners — to diagnose, recommend treatment, and triage without a doctor reviewing each case. The authors are serious people. The shortage of doctors is real. The AI capabilities are real. But there are six things that have to be true before we hand the visit over to the machine. None of them are true yet. This is the careful version of why.
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Two Papers, Same Journal, Same WeekI have been carrying two papers around for a few days now. Both came out in the same journal, on the same day, in the same week. They are pulling in opposite di - 2
The Case the Authors MakeBefore disagreeing with someone smart, you have to be able to make their argument better than they made it. That is the rule. Otherwise you are just yelling at - 3
Six Reasons We Are Not ReadyI want to be careful here. Saying wait has a real cost. People in counties without a doctor are not a hypothetical. But going now has a cost too. And the costs - 4
What to Do InsteadNot yet is not the same as never. And it is definitely not the same as do nothing. If autonomous AI is not the answer yet, but the doctor shortage is real, the
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