> Doctors are so done. As a group? Not likely. My spouse spends her days doing complex aortic reconstructions, carotid endarterectomies, peripheral arterial b

> Doctors are so done. As a group? Not likely. My spouse spends her days doing complex aortic reconstructions, carotid endarterectomies, peripheral arterial bypasses, etc. Imagining a the robotic/AI future for that field is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. But possibly you’re thinking solely of non-procedural medicine. Even there, only part of the clinical work is in transacting information. The human-to-human connection itself has therapeutic effects. I’m confident that ChatGPT can use words that if uttered by a human would otherwise convey care and empathy; but I suspect its “patients” would respond differently.