auscultation and palpation, I’ll give you, but it can view images. I’d say it’s on par with most dermatologists when it comes to skin pathology. In regards to murmurs, I feel like most IM attendings can’t even reliably differentiate murmurs. Cardiologists maybe, but what is the difference if most end up getting an echo anyways
Have you worked with real physicians?
Have you worked with patients? Do you have any idea how relieved patients are when the physician actually “takes a look at them?”
You say you’re a med student but I don’t know a single physician who says the physical exam is worthless. Even psychiatry finds value in their exam (mostly an observational one in an outpatient setting, but an exam nonetheless).
When AI can reliably replicate the physical exam, it’s not just physicians out of work, but by then also all lawyers, politicians, bankers, pilots, insurance agents, salesmen, engineers, etc.
80%+ of people would be out of work with the future you predict. It doesn’t matter if you are in a field AI can’t do—no one is going to want/be able to afford a surgeon (or electrician, etc) when they don’t even have money for food and shelter.
If you really believe this is our future then forget medicine—you should really be training for apocalyptic warfare (Mad Max style), and if you’re lucky enough to make it through that, how to farm/ranch/raise sheep, etc.
I don’t believe that’s where we’re headed, but there is no possible world that doesn’t become apocalyptic if physicians are out of jobs within 15-20 years. Because everyone else is as well and society cannot transition the majority of its people to different jobs that fast.
