SMRTR AIAug 30, 2026Wired

AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?

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A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, co-authored by medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, argues that AI alone will outperform both doctors and human-AI teams in core medical tasks by 2030. Critics warn that AI still struggles in real-world settings, and that removing doctors risks "de-skilling" future physicians. The broader question is what this means for human expertise overall.

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