What Robert Wachter thinks about optimism
Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF who writes about patient safety, hospital medicine and technology in healthcare. Author of A Giant Leap (2026). Writes Pattern Recognition, a newsletter on healthcare AI.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Robert Wachter has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThis means that the AI we already have is good enough to address many of our most important clinical problems.
↗Robert Wachterrobertwachter.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI believe the new AI will be good for health and healthcare, in part because the technology is remarkable and in part because the status quo is woefully lacking.
↗Robert Wachterrobertwachter.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece