Welcome to The Workup, a First Opinion column from Vishal Khetpal.
In 1912, on the banks of the Seine in Paris, Lawrence Sperry, an aviation pioneer, debuted his invention of the autopilot, as he and his assistant climbed onto opposite wings of a biplane flying itself along the river. The stunt shocked onlookers and paved the way for modern aviation.
This year, I think medicine reached its autopilot moment. As a physician, the AI hype cycle in health care has long felt to me to be detached from the hard realities of practicing medicine.
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