Last week, Google AI pioneer Jad Tarifi sparked controversy when he told Business Insider that it no longer makes sense to get a medical degree — since, in his telling, artificial intelligence will render such an education obsolete by the time you're a practicing doctor.

Companies have long touted the tech as a way to free up the time of overworked doctors and even aid them in specialized skills, including scanning medical imagery for tumors. Hospitals have already been rolling out AI tech to help with administrative work.

But given the current state of AI — from widespread hallucinations to "deskilling" experienced by doctors over-relying on it — there's reason to believe that med students should stick it out.

If anything, in fact, the latest research suggests we need human healthcare

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