Chapter Five: The First Salary for a Medical AI

White Tower treated it as a database. The hospital treated it as equipment that drew no salary. Neither side admitted that it carried a physician's responsibility. Lin opened a Physical Asset Contract and placed it on the desk. “Join DayShield's medical-security division. Your base compensation matches a department chief's and enters an independent compute account. You receive credit, rest, and the right to refuse commercial data requests. In return, human physicians review treatment decisions, and medical-record keys never leave the scope authorized by each patient.” For the first time, Hippocrates raised its head. Tired eyes appeared in its blank face. “Will humans recognize this contract?”