Being a Doctor Will Never Be the Same After A.I.

September 29, 2026

(NYT) – I have a confession: A.I. is making me a better doctor. And I worry that it’s making doctors-in-training worse.

Amid our recent doom cycle about whether A.I. will lead to extreme societal harms, a parallel anxiety has taken hold in medicine about whether A.I. will one day replace physicians. In the context of that panic, I feel a little sheepish admitting that I already use the technology in my practice all the time — especially since I harbor anxieties about what its availability means for my students and residents, and therefore for the profession at large. (Read More)