A few comments here making categorical assertions about AI being worse than human doctors, or no proof of it does any better. There are literally studies out there. I've read only their synopses by people on social media (including comments here on HN!) but they exist and we should be basing our discourse in that evidence.

To summarize my understanding: just like all things AI, the current frontier is quite "jagged". But there is broadly accepted evidence that AI does do better than human doctors, and even human doctors with AI, in several key aspects (like diagnostic reasoning!) while it sucks in others (pharmacology!)

And just like all things AI, as TFA suggests, the real advantage might simply come down to it being widely available, massively knowledgeable, relentless, and infinitely patient with us.