How much will our working lives as GPs be changed by artificial intelligence (AI)—and should we be worried about losing our jobs? Patients will continue to need empathy, physical examination, and human connection, so we’re likely to be employed for a while yet. However, AI is already here in the back offices of many practices, supporting document management and triage systems, and increasingly in the consulting room too. Some GPs are using “ambient scribing” AI systems that “listen” to the consultation and produce a written record of what they consider to be the medically relevant features. These, according to the sales pitches, free …