Why is AI autocomplete not the same as understanding in healthcare?

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_LLMs excel at sequence modeling but cannot replace human judgment in medicine._

> AI makes clinicians and scientists much more effective: better priors, better search, better filters, faster loops. Humans stay in the driver's seat because biology is noisy, evidence is incomplete, incentives are asymmetric, and accountability is real.

Source: [Healthcare's AI Lesson: Autocomplete Isn't Understanding](https://www.forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2026/01/16/healthcares-ai-lesson-autocomplete-isnt-understanding/)

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Why is AI autocomplete not the same as understanding in healthcare?