This is by far the stronger gear point so far. Algorithms for AI are dependent on what we already know. If we want to advance science we need to create something new and original that hasn’t been created before and that will not be captured by algorithms that have as their basis existing science
For AI to replace FP we will lose advancement and learning. Research requires understanding and creating something new.
Anti-AI Forensic View: we are assuming the practice of pathology requires intelligence. Tech that aims to replace humans is fraught with great difficulty. It has been unable to replace us despite initial claims, based on prior technological advances.
AI will not replace all forensic pathologists. There will just be few FPs doing a larger workload. And fewer autopsies because the public and coroners don’t like them.
Chat GPT sat the boards exams and passed the exam! Not bad for a free AI that wasn’t trained on pathology samples. People also prefer AI responses to questions.
Pro AI: We have rushed to embrace technology that have reduced our autopsy numbers. We are seeing understaffing like never before. Now a big chunk of our role is reviewing medical records. AI can already do this.
Second point is that all current AI protocols require human oversight for algorithm accuracy and reliability. Pathologist has ultimately diagnostic responsibility.
“A pathologist is not limited to just diagnostic evaluation.” We are managers, lab directors, researchers…
Rebuttal from the anti-group. She has a backdrop that was clearly made by an AI image maker. Her argument is that the answer to workforce shortage is not AI replacing pathologists but AI helping pathologists be more efficient.
Fails again when the voice restarts at the beginning and has to be stopped and the Dina slides get advanced so fast we can barely process them.
Next argument is an example of of a video where a robotic voice indicates that all the work is being done by the virtual assistant while the pathologist has a mojito and poke bowl on the beach. This is suggested as the future of pathology: as a partnership between the automaton and the doctor.
Argument for replacement is starting off strong with the true fact that we can’t attract enough med students and registrars into the field. So it’s inevitable that we will be replaced. The presenter then stumbled because the batteries came out of the remote to advance the slides.
Audience: clapping 👏 much louder for the AI won’t replace us proponents.
Dr. Fiona McClean just got on stage dressed as a dinosaur.
They have two teams of four pathologists: pro-AI and anti-AI
The host is introducing them with intros she said she wrote using Chat GPT. I don’t believe her. It’s too funny.
“Being a nerd is not just acceptable. It’s a job requirement” lol 😂
About to attend the last lecture: my hot take is that AI is going to just create more work for us… like every other technology we have integrated into our practice. Anyone who thinks they can replace doctors with AI is in for a rude awakening. Our work will change but you’ll still need us.
I have reached that part of the pathology conference when I am second guessing every single case I’ve signed out recently and questioning my life choices by thinking I should have stayed in academia… yes, I must be delusional. Time to go home.
And today: “…according to the Americans — well, should we really listen to the Americans?”
Audience 😂😂😂
Just listened to a lecture at a medical conference in Sydney where the presenter suggested a meeting in the U.S., “if you want to risk going to America” and the whole audience laughed. This is what we are now.
Rose crowned fruit dove in Toranga Zoo, #Sydney.
@drjudymelinek.bsky.social: “Looks like a sorbet.”
She’s not wrong.
New Zealand/Aotearoa: today this seagull was at the end of the rainbow. No leprechauns. Just boids.
Caught the Michelangelo exhibit in Wellington. I love his art and was expecting a better commentary on the artist, his life and the artistic depiction but got one religious story after another. A bit disappointed.
Cover of Judy Melinek and T. J. Mitchell's Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the making of a Medical Examiner. Cover is a picture of a white tiled wall with a red strip at the bottom. A plastic gloved left hand holding a scalpel hovers with the blade above the title. A gold/brown circle says: A New York Times Bestseller Cover text reads: "Far from the magic we see on TV, Working Stiff describes forensic pathology in the real world. The book is a compelling and absorbing read." - Kathy Reichs, author of the Temperance Brennan Bones series. Judy Melinek, M.D. and T. J. Mitchell working Stiff Two Years, 262 Bodies And The Making Of A Medical Examiner
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Fan of:
- Forensics!
- Memoirs
- Patients that can't get worse
- Grossing out
Try:
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Working Stiff
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Judy Melinek recounts what she learned about humans and the human body as a coroner in NYC.
We have two more fast reads for you, if you enjoy #detective fiction: @drjudymelinek.bsky.social & I coauthored the noir mysteries First Cut & Aftershock—real science, badass #forensic pathologist as 1st person narrator. In print, ebook, & audio; seek em out! #booksky
And we can also use autopsy technicians too!!!
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Possibly. Are you a pathology assistant? E mail me your resume if yes.
So excited for you! I’m reading it again now!
An amazing 2026 @sundanceorg Film Festival!
Thank you so much to everyone who received a copy of the book, including,
Rob Lowe
Natalie Portman
Seth Rogan
Channing Tatum
John Slattery
James Pedersen
Kate Maccenon
John Turturro
I hope you enjoy the #book.
