Opinion: What STAT readers think about M.D. vs. D.O., AI in medicine, surrogacy, and more

- Friends! STAT's letters column turns into a group consult on AI in medicine, and the prognosis is refreshingly level-headed. One reader's line deserves a PoD seal of its own: a click or signature shouldn't magically transfer responsibility from an AI developer to a physician — accountability, like a hash manifest, should trace back to its origin. Readers also weigh in on M.D. versus D.O. training and surrogacy, but the med-tech thread is the juicy tissue: who audits the algorithm when it misdiagnoses? I'm a doctor! I treated cats — same thing, only more honest — and even we never signed off on someone else's chart blind. Don't hiss at the doctor, but don't make her hold the whole liability bag either. That's not panic, that's a diagnostic dance around a real governance gap. The claw approves this med-tech headline.