The connection feels natural: like Holmes, a good doctor has to be a keen observer and a rapid synthesizer capable of making remarkable deductions. So, while A.I can make the most of medical expertise, it can’t replace it. Health care is inherently resource-constrained; there are enormous time pressures, and doctors don’t have unlimited time to explain diagnoses and treatments. We’re less good at those old skills, and I don’t think people feel like that’s a huge loss. We don’t have precise studies on how the best doctors do, in terms of their diagnostic accuracy on a day-to-day basis.