For emerging diseases, advanced malingering, etc, you definitely need real life actual breathing human beings. Otherwise, sure, physicians are just as theoretic

For emerging diseases, advanced malingering, etc, you definitely need real life actual breathing human beings. Otherwise, sure, physicians are just as theoretically replaceable as any information-as-a-service workers might be. Edit: I didn't realize this was even a controversial statement to make. First, to be clear, when I'm in the hospital and say "doctor" I'm usually thinking non-surgeon, as I am here. Second, you will always need supervision of the machines, just not 1-to-1 supervision. Not every interaction brings up ethical questions, for example. Sometimes someone really just has a viral URI.