[allendoerfer]

It will be exactly the opposite. You are missing what doctors are mostly doing. Caring for elderly people. They will still need human communication, attention and care, the expertise can come from something like ChatGPT.

[r00fus]

You do realize that a large part of of patient interaction is from nurses and physician's assistants and not doctors, right?

[allendoerfer]

I realize that this highly depends on the country and its medical system.

I live in a country where there is universal healthcare and you can just book an appointment with any doctor of any kind without going through any gatekeeping.

I think the placebo effect is at work here: While I don't doubt any nurse could handle 95% of the cases a general practitioner has to face here every day, elderly patients want that expert opinion from the guy they value highly and trust in so much.