Healthcare AI trust: college grads twice as likely to use AI at 47%, researcher warns of AI divide
jonc101x · x · 2026-10-10
- A medical researcher argues trust in medicine isn't granted by capability demonstration alone — it's manufactured through consistency across exams, apprenticeship, institutional vouching, and accountability.
- Data point: college graduates are twice as likely (47%) to use AI systems, and a digital divide may expand into an AI divide that exacerbates rather than benefits equity.
- Healthcare has never adopted technology this fast, likely deploying faster than trust can be earned.
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