>that GPs in particular would be replaced by a lower-cost Watson descendant

Everybody is trying to replace GPs (and even specialists) with AI.

But I've experienced a massive issue in healthcare that does not need an AI, just a good database. I was prescribed intensive imunorepresive therapy... and they forgot to put me on preventative antibiotics.

If there was a very simple IF on my prescription (if Medrol > 16mg && TimeOnMedrol > 3 months { checkIfOnAntibiotics() } ) I would not have almost died with a PCP pneumonia.

Engineers always focus on the interesting technical innovation. But we have so much low-hanging fruit still to do, that just needs to use our existing technical abilities in really, really boring ways.