Opinion | Stop Worrying, and Let A.I. Help Save Your Life - The New York Times

Dr. Wachter is the chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. We physicians have a long tradition of the curbside consult — when we bump into specialists or more seasoned colleagues in the hospital cafeteria and ask for their advice on a vexing clinical case. Over my 35 years of practice, I used to track down other doctors for a couple of curbsides during morning rounds each day. These days, I’m getting far more curbsides, but they are not with colleagues. They’re with A.I. Sometimes I consult with ChatGPT; other times I turn to OpenEvidence, a specialized tool for physicians. I find A.I.’s input is virtually always useful. These tools provide immediate and comprehensive answers to complex questions far more effectively than a traditional textbook or a Google search. And they are available 24/7. To be clear, A.I. isn’t perfect. For my curbside consults, the answers are not as nuanced as the ones I’d hear from my favorite hematologist or nephrolo

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• Ally Nakamura