https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html Skip to contentSkip to site index Technology Today's Paper Artificial Intelligence * Microsoft Moderates A.I. Spending * A.I. Forecast * A.I.'s Super Bowl * A.I. Hallucinations * Quiz Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon Experts predicted that artificial intelligence would steal radiology jobs. But at the Mayo Clinic, the technology has been more friend than foe. Listen to this article * 8:45 min Learn more * Share full article * * Dr. Theodora Potretzke looks at medical scans on a series of screens arrayed in front of her, while her hands rest on a mouse and a keyboard. Dr. Theodora Potretzke, a radiologist at the Mayo Clinic, helped develop an A.I. tool that saves her 15 to 30 minutes each time she examines a kidney image. Credit...Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times Steve Lohr By Steve Lohr Reporting from Rochester, Minn. May 14, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET Nine years ago, one of the world's leading artificial intelligence scientists singled out an endangered occupational species. "People should stop training radiologists now," Geoffrey Hinton said, adding that it was "just completely obvious" that within five years A.I. would outperform humans in that field. Today, radiologists -- the physician specialists in medical imaging who look inside the body to diagnose and treat disease -- are still in high demand. A recent study from the American College of Radiology projected a steadily growing work force through 2055. Dr. Hinton, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics last year for pioneering research in A.I., was broadly correct that the technology would have a significant impact -- just not as a job killer. That's true for radiologists at the Mayo Clinic, one of the nation's premier medical systems, whose main campus is in Rochester, Minn. There, in recent years, they have begun using A.I. to sharpen images, automate routine tasks, identify medical abnormalities and predict disease. A.I. can also serve as "a second set of eyes." "But would it replace radiologists? We didn't think so," said Dr. Matthew Callstrom, the Mayo Clinic's chair of radiology, recalling the 2016 prediction. "We knew how hard it is and all that is involved." We are having trouble retrieving the article content. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Site Index Site Information Navigation * (c) 2025 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions * Manage Privacy Preferences