Hinton's 2016 Radiologist Prediction Flopped — The AI Joke Explained
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-09-14
The joke explained: in 2016 Geoffrey Hinton predicted AI would displace radiologists. It didn't happen, which stands as evidence against AI-driven job displacement. The punchline: radiologists (and only radiologists) must simply be impossible to automate by divine fiat.
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