I think AI/Grok for medicine is probably at or below the level of Tesla FSD. And FSD 13 is still some distance from no human intervention. So it’s really really good at basic stuff which may be an improvement over the distracted or poorly functioning human driver, but doesn’t compare to a good human driver paying attention.  

The medicine parallel is that AI/Grok may be better than a healthcare model
Where healthcare is provided by urgent cares which are high volume centers staffed by shift workers that don’t know you, and have a wide variability in training/experience.  

Think about the 42 year old nulliparous woman with acute onset of abdominal bloating / diarrhea.  The urgent care will think this is a non-serious gi illness , food poisoning , etc.  The PCP will think the same and may order stool, labs. But if the same patient presents with persistent symptoms x 2 weeks , a very different workup ensues depending on where you go. The urgent care shift worker may try antibiotics and recommend follow up with a specialist or a PCP. The PCP would probably recognize now chronic symptoms, notice normal bloodwork, stool studies, grow uncomfortable with the abdominal exam, and order imaging which eventually reveals some malignancy. 

Point is AI/Grok is probably going to beat a not great healthcare model — which is what going to an urgent care for something that turns out to be complex is. Best they can do is get you back to a pcp or the right specialist.  The other issue with shift work is that it’s hard to improve over time when you’re not seeing the outcomes of decisions you make. 

The urgent care that misses @AJKayWriter ‘s daughter’s wrist fracture. Do they ever find out that happens? The pcp that thinks it’s just a sprain learns from that because they definitely get that feedback. 

So the best approach is not to go to an urgent care for a non-simple problem and then need to use grok to beat that. Hard to sort out what is and isn’t simple of course. Ergo grok/ai… but before destroying the old model of lots of pcps on the corner, and hiding them behind the health system walls where they’re busy making sure their inbox is empty and tasks completed, the PCP was your Ai/Grok. 

Urgent cares are good for a lot of things, but they’ll be the first ones to tell you they aren’t meant to replace pcp’s / specialists. 

So if you can, develop a relationship with a good primary care physician who is accessible. Otherwise, fire up chat gpt / grok etc. to check on what your minute clinic providers are telling you 😅