A new kind of intelligence is helping patients challenge the doctor's long-held monopoly on medical expertise. getty

For 5,000 years, doctors have stood as the sole source of medical expertise, with patients reliant on their judgment to make sense of their symptoms and medical options.

Now, a new kind of intelligence is helping patients challenge that monopoly. The rapid rise of large language models like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini offers patients the opportunity to climb the ladder of medical expertise. Such a shakeup wouldn’t eliminate the need for doctors, but it would redefine the clinician’s role dramatically.

Putting GenAI To The Test

Back in 2024, only 1 in 6 U.S. adults said they were regularly using AI chatbots for health information. The pace of adoption since then has be

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