Ranked by resistance to AI
Within this field, which work is hardest for a machine to do.
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Surgeon
The physician who operates to cure, from Sushruta's ancient rhinoplasty to today's robotic operating rooms, still alone with the decision at the table.
AI-resistant 92 🩺Physician
Diagnoses illness and manages health for years afterward through examination and evidence, not a single operation — medicine's generalist and long-term guide.
AI-resistant 67 🐾Veterinarian
Treats patients from goldfish to horses that cannot describe a symptom, and carries the legal power to end their suffering by euthanasia.
AI-resistant 78 🧠Psychiatrist
Diagnoses and treats mental illness through medication and therapy, one of medicine's only specialties with legal authority to detain a patient in crisis.
AI-resistant 73