<p><br></p><p>We talk with physician and writer Bob Wachter about why he’s cautiously optimistic that artificial intelligence will usher in a ‘golden age’ of medicine — and the questions he still has about these powerful new tools.</p><br><p>Guest:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/robert-m-wachter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Wachter</a>, Chair, Department of Medicine, UC San Francisco; Author, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776443/a-giant-leap-by-robert-wachter-md/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future</em></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Learn more and read a full transcript on <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2026/03/05/we-cant-afford-all-these-humans-a-doctors-take-on-ai-in-health-care/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>.</p><br><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&amp;id=89c5edcb93&amp;utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&amp;utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">with a gift</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>