#43- AI Hype Vs Real-World Medicine

Code & Cure · May 7, 2026 · 27m · transcript

What if the headline “AI outperformed doctors” is asking the wrong question? When a Harvard emergency triage study makes waves, it’s easy to focus on the most dramatic takeaway. But the real story is more complicated: what did the study actually test, and what parts of emergency medicine did it leave out?

We slow down the hype and take a closer look at what AI can and cannot tell us about clinical decision-making. We unpack how today’s AI excitement fits into a much longer history of bold promises, from the early optimism of the Dartmouth Conference to modern “AI summers” driven by funding…