Thanks @doctorow.pluralistic.net for highlighting the effects of AI on radiologists and congratulations on being disease free. You are right that detection algorithms cost more and take a little longer. A couple of edits to the rest of your story though: 1/3

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · last wk.

AI companies focus on reducing labor cost mean that its applications are always going to be in service of taking away labor’s power. @doctorow.pluralistic.net

Excited to speak at Stanford’s RAISE Health Symposium tomorrow, hosted by @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @stanfordhai.bsky.social. I’m looking forward to a lively panel debating replacement, augmentation, deskilling, equity, access and much more. Hope you can join us: stan.md/raisehealth

In Health Affairs Scholar, Bob Kocher, Siobhan Nolan Mangini (both of Venrock) and I argue that – by scaling specialist-level knowledge – AI will create, in essence, the "generalist-specialist." We explore the far-reaching implications for healthcare. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

How AI Will Redefine Care Delivery: The Rise of the Generalist-Specialist

Abstract. Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare beyond efficiency gains, presenting an opportunity to fundamentally reorganize the clinical wo

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Sharp piece from @marietjeschaake.bsky.social in FT on Trump as AI "regulator-in-chief," not a deregulator. The EU regulates using democratic process; the US under Trump shapes AI by executive fiat. As I've argued, this is not light-touch regulation, it's "hyper-regulation by other means."

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 4mo ago

How Trump became tech’s regulator-in-chief ft.trib.al/EzS4F4B | opinion

This month's Geoffrey Hinton Prize for AI Punditry goes to a trio of health system CEOs who said they would be open to replacing their radiologists with AI – if the government allowed it. Congratulations to all, you've earned it! #radiology

💰 €1M award pool for Medical Imaging AGI’s Last Exam (MEDAL) Medical AI papers are booming - but are we solving the right problems? Too often, research follows available data, not real clinical needs.

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)@dkfz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Researchers led by @lena-maier-hein.bsky.social (DKFZ & @nct-heidelberg.bsky.social) have developed a concept how artificial intelligence can support medical imaging diagnostics in the future. The @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social is funding this project with a total of 3 million euros. t1p.de/9j84o

we are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Academic fields differ in their degree of consensus about what "better" publication venues are — here shown both for consensus about the "top 5" and for pairwise choices. Hello #econsky :) arxiv.org/abs/2603.00807 @jugander.bsky.social @danlarremore.bsky.social @aaronclauset.bsky.social

RSNA’s Board of Directors is looking for dedicated leaders ready to advance radiology. Open positions begin December 2026. Nominations are accepted until March 20, 5 p.m. CT. Encourage a colleague or submit your own nomination to help shape the future of the field: https://bit.ly/3UR8Pze

The imperiled peer review system @carlbergstrom.com @plosbiology.org journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... open-access

2/ Beverly G Coleman, MD, FACR - first Black woman elected President of American College of Radiology - ACR Board of Chancellors (2014-2020) - first director of fetal imaging CHOP - Past chair of @nationalmedassn.bsky.social Section on Radiology & Radiation Oncology #BlackHistoryMonth  #BHM

👇New biosketch requirement update. “After evaluating the number and types of recent technical inquiries we received to both the SciENcv and eRA Service Desks, we recognize the difficulties these issues have had on the community’s ability to comply with the original timeline of January 25, 2026.” 👇

boehninglab@boehninglab.com · 6mo ago

"NIH will provide a warning when the Common Forms are not used but will not withdraw applications that don’t comply with the use of the Common Forms. We expect the leniency to be in place through May 2026" grants.nih.gov/faqs#/common...

Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Stanford Medicine Department of Radiology. Dr. Mahmood is an internationally recognized clinician and researcher, specializing in molecular imaging. med.stanford.edu/radiology/ne...

Umar Mahmood Appointed Chair of Stanford Radiology

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Now for the money... Overall, the budget is essentially flat. The biggest winner is NINDS with a 5.9% increase. The biggest losers are NIEHS and NIDDK. 4/5

Our top stories this week in The Imaging Wire: - Some Rads Are Working Harder – But Not All - AI Will Reduce Radiologist Workloads - AI Reduces Breast Screening Workload - Physician Shortage Strains U.S. Healthcare Read more at theimagingwire.com/newsletter/s.... #radiology #RadSky

Some Rads Are Working Harder, AI’s Value, and Missed Screenings - The Imaging Wire

Some rads are working harder, AI to the rescue, U.S. physician shortage, AI improves accuracy, Medicaid cuts to reduce cancer screening, and more.

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Dr. Nicholas Christakis (@nachristakis.bsky.social ) will be joining us as a Keynote Speaker at the Conference on Society-Centered AI 2026 Feb 12-14th! Learn more and Register here: sites.duke.edu/scai/

How should you think about writing an email to a busy person? One rule is that you should spend at least ten times the time writing it as the other person will have to spend reading it. And there are other rules, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=te2O...

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What is the feeling of discovery like, as a scientist? How is it unlike any other feeling a person can have? How uncommon is it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdHP...

The Feeling of Discovery

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In 2026, I am launching a vlog, For the Love of Science, about working aspects of being a scientist - the joys and challenges, the practical aspects and mental and emotional qualities it involves. It's on YouTube (at @NAChristakis) and Instagram (at @OnTheLoveofScience) www.youtube.com/@NAChristakis

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Weekly videos about the craft of science. A Human Nature Lab science outreach effort.

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I've been thinking about the "virtual cell" concept and wanted to write up a few thoughts. Specifically on how I think the prior experience in GWAS informs the most likely way these models will be useful. andrewcarroll.github.io/2025/12/23/t...

Definitely true in medicine: When the costs of failure are high, the demo to product interval is long (e.g., Waymo).--Andrej Karpathy on the @dwarkesh.skystack.xyz podcast.

📢 This just in: Round 2 of "The Digitalist Papers," a deep dive into the economics of #AI from @erikbryn.bsky.social's @stanforddel.bsky.social. Essays from SIEPR's Susan Athey and Ramin Toloui, among others. Link below.

Catch JCHI Exec Director @kdpsingh.bsky.social @ucsdhealth.bsky.social Dec 10, 1 p.m. PST for a virtual keynote at Stanford AI+HEALTH Conference. A great lineup on the latest in AI and healthcare. Register ⬇️ medhub.stanford.edu/event/aiheal...

Thanks @rasushrestha.bsky.social—great way to find our radiology peeps on @bsky.app! #RSNA25

Dr Rasu Shrestha@rasushrestha.bsky.social · 8mo ago

💙 #RSNA25 on your mind? Start here, with this #StarterPack for @bsky.app, connect, and find your peers and others! Bundle up, and see you in Chicago!! And remember to use the hashtag #RSNA25. @rsnasky.bsky.social go.bsky.app/RqNV61R

🚨 Agentic Systems in Radiology Everyone’s talking about agents🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️ — but what happens when you bring them into real clinical workflows? Our new preprint explores the design, applications, challenges, and evaluation of LLM-based agents and agentic workflows in radiology 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2510.09404

Yes! A model trained with high quality healthcare data is usually better at a specific healthcare task than a general language model adapted to that task. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Investing in the Wrong A.I.

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Don’t miss the free virtual MIDRC Seminar on Oct. 21, 2–2:45 p.m. CT! This month’s topic, Foundation Models in Radiology, will be presented by Drs. Curt Langlotz & Akshay Chaudhari. https://bit.ly/3Vw5GUz

Radiologists are seeing significant reductions in radiograph reading times with the use of artificial intelligence-generated reports 📖 #radiology @rasushrestha.bsky.social @jimrawsonmd.bsky.social @woojinkim.com radiologybusiness.com/topics/artif...

Radiologists see significant reduction in reading times with AI-generated reports

Acceptability also increased considerably, “suggesting growing confidence in AI-generated reports over time,” experts write in JACR.

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Woojin Kim, MD@woojinkim.com · 11mo ago

Magical Thinking on AI Friedman is not wrong to worry about what's going to happen vis a vis the U.S., China, and AI. However, we need less magical thinking and more realism. aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...

In this Stanford news article, @stanfordhai.bsky.social Senior Fellow @suryaganguli.bsky.social argues that universities are essential for understanding how AI works. Here, he outlines three reasons why: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Three reasons why universities are crucial for understanding AI

There is a “fierce urgency” to understand how artificial intelligence works, says Stanford physicist Surya Ganguli, who is leading a project to bring the inner workings of AI to light through transpar...

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