Editor's Synopsis
Dr. Filippo Cademartiri raises a provocative argument about AI in radiology: rather than eliminating risk, it will shift that risk onto patients. He challenges the long-standing narrative that AI will simply replace radiologists by being faster, cheaper, and more accurate, suggesting this framing overlooks a much bigger problem.
The post references an article (with an attached image) that apparently explores how the integration of AI into radiology workflows creates new categories of risk — ones that fall disproportionately on patients rather than practitioners or institutions. This reframing moves the conversation beyond workforce displacement fears toward questions of patient safety, accountability, and the unintended consequences of automating medical imaging interpretation.