Radiologist Pushes Back: Reading Chest X-Rays Is Harder Than VCs Think
theNOBSdentist · x · 2026-09-25
A radiologist cites the late chest radiologist WT Miller Sr.'s observation that "the first 10,000 chest X-rays are easy to read" to push back against the VC-fueled perception that radiology is trivially easy. The post frames the quote as an admission of the field's difficulty, countering the popular AI-community narrative that radiology is the first medical specialty AI will replace.
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