Musk Says Medical School Is 'Pointless'; Practitioners Push Back on AI-in-Medicine Hype
PAstynome · x · 2026-10-30
Elon Musk claimed AI will deliver better medical care than the president receives today within 4-5 years, making medical school 'pointless.' Practitioner PAstynore pushed back: AI still struggles with tasks as simple as medical coding, surgical robotics firms augment rather than replace doctors, and AI has 'a very very long way to go' in medicine.
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