Thanks so much! Best wishes on your endeavors.

I think you're right about clinical AI, I have little doubt that there will be something that is capable of integrating all the clinical data that we have to use. Thankfully, as you point out, we're fortunate to always have that human element of gut feeling, compassion, and therapeutic relationships.

You make a really interesting point that I definitely do not think is outside the realm of possibility. My attitude has always been that AI will significantly change medicine but the possibility of replacing doctors entirely seems unlikely (at least over the next 50 years+). But ultimately I really have no idea what could happen in the realm of AI. I think surgeons and other interventional specialities like interventional rads, OBGYN, etc will be safe. Thoughts on that?

Sorry to hear about your struggles. Zach Highley has a really good video on how he uses ANKI in medical school. I also made a video called “How I memorized everything in medical school” which talks about useful study techniques that worked for me. Let me know if I can help you further.

@@JakeGibbonsMD thanks

Yeah that is a fair point. Ultimately the human element of actual physicians might be the only thing separating us from AI. I think AI could certainly be capable of synthesizing clinical data and making as good of or better decisions for patients than human docs.

I'm with you in that I think many of the tasks performed by doctors of all types are replaceable. It's an interesting discussion and agree about the need to then become more specialized.

@@JakeGibbonsMD I give it 5-10 years from now lol.

Medical schools will need to keep up with and contribute to this expanding and accelerating field and ensure that future generations of doctors are highly trained with these tools which will need to be seamlessly integrated in to their programmes. A prof once asked me “what is a doctor’s more important tool?”, to which I responded naively and with uncertainty “a stethoscope(?)”. With a knowing pause he corrected me: “a pen”. Okay, maybe at one point, but soon the most important tool will be the AI that augments our clinical capabilities, a second brain, a clinical partner. I feel this is inevitable so medical schools need to future proof their students - that’s the best investment in the future of medicine. Oh, here’s another point - much of the huge expense in medicine in America is due to the endless layers of admin in medical insurance, much of which can be replaced by AI thereby driving down costs. In fact most of that can be completely done away with altogether - plenty of other countries with excellent health care systems in which any person with heart failure (to use the last example in the video), whether they are rich or poor, will get the gold standard medication. By driving down costs in healthcare, these services will then be allowed to fulfil their fundamental duty of upholding every person’s human right to “health” and “care”, based on the principle of each human’s innate dignity. We will need to use AI wisely to serve humanity to create fairness, opportunity, access, knowledge, justice, ultimately driving the next stage in our collective human advancement.

Fair enough. It would not shock me if or when that happens.

Good to know. I honestly am not that savvy on ChatGPT and had no idea what all existed. Thanks for sharing.

@@JakeGibbonsMD I didn't mean to he so dismissive in my earlier reply but was busy. I want to add: this is a really cool subject (why I looked) and I like your attitude about it.

Understand completely. Thanks for sharing your perspective.