Eric Topol highlights NEJM piece on banning AI from physicians and deskilling concerns
eldonredwards · x · 2026-10-11
Eric Topol shared two pieces on AI reshaping medicine: an NYT op-ed noting AI is changing medical practice, co-signed with concerns from him and Adam Rodman about deskilling among young physicians and trainees ("the chatbot in my pocket reassures me I will always know enough"), and a new NEJM article asking the converse: what happens when AI is taken away from physicians via a ban.
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