AI and the Physician: Navigating the Shift from Clinical Tools to LLMs
The rapid proliferation of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Claude is fundamentally altering the physician-patient dynamic, moving beyond traditional clinical decision support into unregulated, interactive medical consultation. Bioethicist Dr. John Lantos warns that while AI has assisted doctors for decades, the current democratization of these tools via smartphones creates a regulatory vacuum that challenges the traditional authority of medical professionals.