Deskilling and automation bias will be big problems with useful AI, but what do you call it when someone never has to develop skills in the first place?
Unskilling?
(Apparently, a at least one new paper describes it as “never-skilling”)
Residency faculty, do you have an AI usage policy for your trainees? Why or why not?
— Ben White, MD (@benwhitemd) August 23, 2025
My son’s middle school has a detailed AI usage policy. It’s hard to believe medical training doesn’t require some thought on how to ensure robust, resilient skill acquisition.