Doctors' cope over Microsoft's AI diagnosis study shows a profession resisting disruption
RosieDear · reddit · 2026-10-23
The poster observes pushback on r/medicine against Microsoft's sequential diagnosis language model research: doctors discrediting the authors and framing AI as 'stealing our work.' He argues this defensiveness proves they aren't top performers, while savvy AI users know exactly where the technology fits. He compares it to union plumbers blocking PVC pipe for decades, concluding healthcare's problems are partly self-inflicted — a case study in professional resistance to AI disruption.
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