Eric Topol's 3 reasons AI won't cut clinician jobs, per NEJM
EricTopol · x · 2026-09-12
Eric Topol highlights a NEJM piece by @DhruvKhullar arguing AI won't reduce clinician jobs, citing three reasons: Jevon's paradox (more efficiency drives more usage), the "lump of labor" fallacy (the type of work changes rather than disappearing), and the distinction that tasks are not the same as skills.
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