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Their wordsGiven a curated set of facts, AI will often outperform humans in diagnosis and management decisions - and we doctors may sometimes get in the way if we try to intervene.
Their wordsAll of this means that AI's diagnostic performance on a curated set of clinical facts should not be taken as compelling evidence that "Dr. AI" can replace actual doctors, who are experts in creating correct and useful problem representations.
Their wordsI can imagine a system in which basic preventive and urgent care is provided quite competently - and less expensively and more conveniently - by AI, whereas more complex care, both clinical and emotional, is provided by humans.
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