Survey: patients are nearing the tipping point of trusting AI more than their doctors
RishabJainK · x · 2026-10-11
Citing an Oliver Wyman consumer survey, Nikhil argues the widely held belief that patients trust doctors over AI is approaching a tipping point: trust in AI is catching up to—and in some cases exceeding—trust in clinicians.
Notably, disagreements between AI and clinicians are increasing, and patients are more often acting against what the clinician directly said, setting up a future collision. The reblogger notes he wrote about this over a year ago as a wake-up call for the profession.
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