Khosla wants FDA to certify AI that beats the median doctor; ER physicians push back
DrDatta_AIIMS · x · 2026-09-09
- Vinod Khosla and Zeke Emanuel argue in The Atlantic that the FDA should certify AI based on outperforming the median human doctor, to raise medicine above median standards.
- Emergency/ICU clinicians push back: AI reads data but "does no verbs" — it can't physically see or touch patients, sense fear, or carry accountability in triage, transplant ORs, or neonatal ICUs.
- Medicine runs on structured professional disagreement, not algorithmic certainty; the veteran ICU nurse asking "are you sure?" remains irreplaceable.
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