Infinite Regress - First they came for the programmers… Then they came for the doctors. But not really.
Back in September 2023 I noted that the biggest hurdle for AI completely replacing physicians is the physicality of the job. Sure, LLMs are good at giving differential diagnoses and faking empathy once somebody’s problem has been reduced to text, but the art of medicine is in the act of seeing, feeling, smelling, etc. [Note: Although increasingly less so, as doctors and trainees are becoming experts at treating patients in the chart and not those in front of them, making themselves the perfect foils for replacement; queue photo of the old man yelling at clouds. ] If clankers have any hope of replacing humans, they’d better get some senses.