What AI Can — and Cannot — Replace in Obstetrics

The Prognosis: Automation may soon do 40% of our work, but safety, education, and compassion will decide whether medicine becomes more human or more mechanical.

This essay builds on the recent working paper in the Harvard Busines School “Which Jobs Can Be Replaced by AI”. That paper ranked dozens of professions by how much of their work can be automated. Here, I apply its findings to obstetrics — examining which parts of what we do can truly be automated, which must remain human, and how safety, patient educat…