Mark Cuban says doctors should be teaching patients how to use AI to help with their treatment

Mark Cuban is all in on healthcare.

Bloomberg/Getty Images Mark Cuban said on X that AI can't replace doctors' empathy, judgment, and real-time observation.

Doctors, however, should help patients use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok, he said.

Cuban also said AI could handle administrative tasks, reducing doctor workloads.

Mark Cuban went on a healthcare posting spree on X on Wednesday, pushing back on predictions that AI will replace medics and saying that doctors should be helping patients use AI in their treatment.

Across a flurry of posts, the billionaire entrepreneur argued that AI cannot replicate doctors' real-time observation, communication, empathy, and judgment when a patient's condition suddenly changes.

Human Dr to patient - You just puked.

Let’s find out why.

AI - Nothing AI can’t see and reason in real time.

Human Dr sees patient collapse.

Does CPR.

AI - Nothing AI can’t see or do CPR Human Dr sees patient- Discusses patients with other doctor who knows patient and… https://t.co/0qCLjdtIVH — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) August 19, 2026 "No chance radiologists get replaced," Cuban wrote, though he predicted every radiologist would eventually use AI.

No chance radiologists get replaced.

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