{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/170f7fea-3078-4315-9c6b-57b666e73855/69a8ca1d97f00280f0a68db5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care","description":"<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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><p>Support this type of journalism today, <a href=\"https://tradeoffs.org/donate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">with a gift</a>.</p>","author_name":"Tradeoffs"}