No trolling here: Do you feel threatened by the advance of AI/LLMs with respect to your field? I would. I am a computer programmer, and it absolutely feels threatening.
Even for diagnostic, I’m not totally convinced AI is going to cause a lot of issues. From a medical-legal perspective I doubt AI companies are willing to take on the risk of misdiagnosis . When that happens, human rads will start to get phased out.
In the interim, I think the next 10 years could be a golden period for diagnostic rads. Rads will still be the ones doing the work and signing reports, but people who learn how to use the right combination of tools will become very productive and can make a great living. Eventually payers will re-align but early adopters who figure it out will have a leg up.