The ‘Second Pair of Eyes’ AI Promised Your Doctor Is a Lie. Here’s What’s Actually Happening.
An AI tool promises to be your doctor’s ‘second pair of eyes,’ but the study behind it had a sample size so small it couldn’t prove patients benefited — or detect when the AI caused harm. The real danger isn’t flawed AI. It’s AI that feels reliable enough to stop questioning, creating automation bias in clinicians who quietly stop double-checking. Hope isn’t evidence.