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Dr. Chauncey Crandall told Newsmax’s Newsline this week that artificial intelligence is a powerful medical tool but emphatically not a replacement for the doctor’s hands, eyes, and judgment, a welcome voice of common sense in an age of techno-utopian hype. His measured stance should calm hardworking Americans who fear their healthcare will be handed over to algorithms and corporate cost-cutting.
The exchange was prompted by recent public chatter — including remarks from high-profile tech figures — about AI upending medical training and practice. Crandall rightly pushed back, stressing that while AI can retrieve research in minutes and flag possibilities, it cannot replace clinical experience or the human relationship that underpins real care.
Dr. Crandall’s point carries weight: he’s a Yale-trained cardiologist and longtime director of preventive medicine at the Palm Beach clinic, not some Silicon Valley pundit peddling theory. Americans should trust seasoned clinicians who have stared into life-and-death situations, not the same companies that profit from selling data and automation.
Practical medicine already benefits from technology — telemedicine and rapid data searches help clinicians work smarter — but Newsmax’s coverage captures the essential warning: convenience cannot substitute for bedside judgment and hands-on diagnosis. We should resist any push to let remote algorithms become the default, especially when bureaucrats and insurers smell profit in cheaper, faster substitutes for real doctors.
Conservative patriots ought to view this debate through the lens of liberty and accountability: patients deserve sovereignty over their care and must keep the right to choose human physicians who are accountable and compassionate. Big Tech’s promise of a one-size-fits-all AI doctor is a thin disguise for centralized control and lowered standards; we must stand with physicians who put people first.
Dr. Crandall’s clarity is a reminder that progress and prudence can coexist — embrace tools that help doctors do their work, but never surrender the doctor-patient bond to code and corporate convenience. Americans who value freedom, family, and faith should insist that medicine remain human, local, and accountable, with technology serving as an assistant, not the boss.
