> Doctors noticing that Watson is wrong is expected.

Well as a doctor if I’m still ultimately responsible then nothing has fundamentally changed, this is just another tool, possibly one I’ll be forced to use by someone with not one day of medical training.

And medicine in the US is in a precarious position. Software engineers are generally not licensed, and they’re not sued (it’s virtually unheard of). It’s different for doctors. There’s a complex dynamic of removing autonomy from providers to ostensibly improve outcomes (and revenue cycle) while also still holding those same personally liable.

So much of what I do is indirectly dictated by wonks in IT and billing, but they have virtually no liability. And one wonders why burnout in medicine continues climbing with no end.