The AI in healthcare hype cycle, in real time

From the engineering side, ai in healthcare is more nuanced than the headlines. Saw a study this week where an AI model flagged early-stage cancer from routine scans better than the standard workflow. That's the kind of specific win that matters. Not 'AI will revolutionize medicine' but 'this specific tool caught something in 12 minutes that used to take hours.' The regulatory side is the boring part nobody wants to cover, but it's the whole game right now. FDA clearance for AI diagnostics is moving slow by design. Slow and unsexy wins the long race. Filed under: things I did not expect to learn.