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the 12 years thing is exactly what scares me. i keep seeing the same split online. coding and reading med scans are the first things people try to automate. hands-on stuff with liability is what they say lasts: trades, emergency work, actually cutting or putting a needle in a person. not any job that is just staring at a screen. so mom's interventional radiology pitch makes more sense than regular radiology. still do not like the idea of becoming a doctor. transferable skills i get. it still feels like this world takes you hostage and forces a choice you do not want.
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More jobs than you think will be relevant in 5 years. Becoming a doctor takes 12 years after college on average just to finish your residency, but even then, it will still be relevant. Emergency services and emergency medicine are very high stress and low return on investment, but they will continue to be relevant for a really long time.
Instead of focusing on the theoretical possibility of any single job being obsolete in a few years, focus on finding something that you enjoy learning. For the most part, there will be at least several skills that you learn from any profession that transfer to a different profession. If the job you choose does become obsolete, there is not too high of a chance that it will have been all for nothing.