A JAMA perspective by Ezekiel J. Emanuel and colleagues challenges the assumption that AI in medicine should always remain subordinate to physician oversight. While the American Medical Association and American College of Physicians advocate for AI to play a merely supportive role, the authors question whether autonomous AI systems might eventually deliver superior care compared to AI-assisted physicians in some domains. The piece pushes back on the notion that AI-aided physicians necessarily represent the top tier of care, with fully autonomous AI relegated to a lesser status.
