A decade after the ‘Godfather of AI’ said radiologists were obsolete, their salaries are up to $571K and demand is growing fast

Despite Geoffrey Hinton's 2016 prediction that AI would eliminate radiology within 5–10 years, U.S. radiology employment has grown 10% and salaries have risen to $571K with persistent shortages. Hinton later clarified he meant image analysis only, and that radiologists will increasingly collaborate with AI. Regulatory requirements, task complexity, and rising imaging demand all work against full displacement.