“The role of the radiologist will be obsolete in five years. There's no reason a human should be doing it.”

Vinod KhoslaInvestor

Founder, Khosla Ventures; co-founder of Sun Microsystems

Radiology was not obsolete by 2022: AI imaging tools were deployed only as narrow adjuncts requiring radiologist sign-off, while the US faced a radiologist shortage with record job openings and expanded residency slots. Not a single radiology role was eliminated by autonomous AI within the five-year window.