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Doctors have an unusually strong professional monopoly. In much of the world they regulate to maintain perpetual under-supply and to ensure they are inserted a
by xyzzy123 4y ago
Doctors have an unusually strong professional monopoly.
In much of the world they regulate to maintain perpetual under-supply and to ensure they are inserted as bottlenecks in strategic/lucrative places.
When AI comes for health care you can bet that doctors will ensure they have a key role in service delivery.
(BTW: doctors are great! I just wish we had more of them and that on the whole they were less over-worked).
Personally I would not be worrying too much for the doctors.
- bufferoverflow 4y ago> Doctors have an unusually strong professional monopoly. That won't matter. Once people find out AI/robotic solutions are better than the best human doctors, most will choose AI/robots, they will demand them. People aren't stupid.
- midoridensha 4y agoThe OP is talking about surgeons, not doctors. The two are entirely different professions; it's like conflating doctors with nurses, or doctors with medical researchers.
- bufferoverflow 4y agoSurgeon is a subset of the doctor set. Nurse and doctor sets almost never overlap.