The AI advocacy group Build American AI released a new report Monday highlighting how AI did not kill the field of radiology as some predicted ten years ago, with jobs in the field actually increasing over the past decade.
The group is honing in on the radiology example as polling shows more than half of Americans are about losing their jobs due to AI.
first shared with The Hill, cites a number of external statistics from the Mayo Clinic and Harvey L. Nieman Health Policy Institute showing a growth in radiology staff in the U.S.
Mayo Clinic reported increased by 55 percent between 2016 and 2025 The clinic touts nearly 400 radiologists today.
Meanwhile, HPI found the number of radiologists working in U.S. Medicare-affiliated practices increased from 30,723 to 36,024, a 17.3 percent increase, per the report.
This does not mean AI is not being used in the radiology department, but is changing the workflow for radiologists, the group says.
At Northwestern Medicine, generative AI tools cut radiology documentation time by 15.5 percent, while “AI-assisted workflows” decreased patients’ length stay for pulmonary embolism cases by 26.3 percent.
Build American AI, the advocacy arm of the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, argues these statistics go against the warnings from Geoffrey Hinton, the so-called “godfather of AI,” who said in 2016 people should “stop training radiologists now.”
Hinton’s claim, Build American AI argues, led to increased fears around job loss in the AI sector.
AI industry leaders themselves have the technology could disrupt the labor market, with predictions ranging from a so-called job apocalypse to scenarios where AI changes the nature of work without triggering mass layoffs.
But Nathan Leamer, the group’s executive director, says the radiology industry will “follow throughout the American economy.”
“AI is not a substitute for American workers, it is a tool for American workers,” Leamer said.
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