Jevons paradox: cheaper AI scans mean more radiologists needed, not fewer
zainhas · x · 2026-09-07
Invoking the Jevons paradox, the author notes that as AI makes medical scans cheaper, people get scanned more — increasing, not decreasing, the overall demand for radiologists.
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