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A structured experiment compares three independent 2035 job descriptions authored from different professional standpoints. The scenarios concur that routine workload becomes AI-managed with radiologist accountability and a shift toward complex case work and collaboration. They diverge on workforce size, career security, and whether the field expands, concentrates, or stratifies.","Three Futures for the Diagnostic Radiologist: A Structured Disagreement About What AI Actually Changes  \nViewpoint  \nJan Beger¹ · Amine Korchi, MD² · Christoph A. Agten, MD³  \n¹ Global Head of AI Advocacy, GE HealthCare; Executive Director, HelloAI · ² Radiologist and Neuroradiologist ·  \n³ Consultant Radiologist, Musculoskeletal Radiology  \nCorrespondence: Jan Beger · [jan.beger@me.com](jan.beger@me.com) · [janbeger.ai](janbeger.ai)  \nABSTRACT  \nRationale. The diagnostic radiologist's role in 2035 will not look like it does today. Imaging AI is already changing how worklists are organized, how reports are generated, and which cases require a radiologist's attention. What remains genuinely contested is not whether the role changes but how.  \nApproach. Three subject-matter experts (two radiologists and one health tech professional with more than 20 years of experience in medical imaging IT) independently authored 2035 job descriptions for the diagnostic radiologist using a shared template. Each author wrote from a distinct vantage point: one optimistic, one framed as a trade-off view incorporating workforce economics, and one structured around professional stratification. The three versions were published openly and subjected to a structured comparison across seven dimensions.  \nKey findings. The three versions agree on direction but disagree on magnitude. All three describe a radiologist whose routine workload is AI-managed, who carries accountability for AI output, and who spends more time on complex cases and clinical collaboration than today's radiologist does. They diverge on headcount, career security, and whether the profession expands broadly, concentrates into a smaller well-compensated group, or stratifies into sharply differentiated tiers.  \nConclusion. AI won't eliminate the diagnostic radiologist. Whether it expands, concentrates, or stratifies the profession depends on choices health systems haven't made yet. The clinical argument for optimism is real. So is the economic argument for caution. Both can be true simultaneously.  \nKeywords: radiology workforce; artificial intelligence; diagnostic radiology; job redesign; medical imaging IT; AI governance  \n1. Introduction and rationale  \nThe question of what diagnostic radiologists will do in 2035 gets asked constantly and answered poorly. Two scenarios dominate the conversation. The first is technological optimism: AI expands the profession, radiologists become orchestrators, everyone wins. The second is simpler: AI replaces routine reads, headcount falls, the job shrinks. Both framings contain real evidence. Neither is complete on its own.  \nThis paper documents a deliberate experiment in structured disagreement. Three people with different vantage points on the same problem independently wrote the 2035 job description for a diagnostic radiologist. Two are practising radiologists with active clinical AI experience. One is a health tech professional with more than 20 years of experience in medical imaging IT, working across AI deployment, strategy, and health system integration. Each author used a shared template (position summary, key responsibilities, required qualifications, work environment, and success measures) but wrote the content independently, without coordination. The three job descriptions were published as a public resource ([janbeger.ai/radiologist-2035/](janbeger.ai/radiologist-2035/)),  \nstructured to allow direct comparison across seven dimensions, and subjected to an open vote from the radiology community.  \nThe goal was not a consensus. It was clarity about where the disagreements actually sit and what evidence bears on each of them. This paper presents the three scenarios, characterizes where they diverge, and draws out the implications for training, governance, and workforce planning.  \n2. The three 2035 scenarios  \n2.1. 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