From the article: "The recurring theme is that it’s a tale of two cities for job seekers. Those who know how A.I. works, specifically A.I. agents, can get their dream job, whether it’s in marketing or software, accounting, finance, you name it. Those who don’t have those skills, those entry-level jobs are disappearing."
Have not thought about it much until now, but the pandemic and the telehealth, remote work revolution untethered us from geographic boundaries. Many folks in IT and informatics work remotely and meet remotely. A hidden cost: mental health.
Until now, building strands of DNA consumed massive amounts of chemicals, energy and time. Now, localized "deprotection" chemistry allows assembling DNA on a chip. Amazing.
To my colleagues at AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), thanks for hosting me for the closing keynote at Amplify AMIA May 2026 in Denver, CO. Here is the video of my talk, if you missed it. Do you agree with my definitions of PROFANE, MUNDANE and INSANE? What kind of hyper-change is going on in our lives?
I am retiring from my position at Chief Medical Information Officer at UCHealth. I am NOT retiring from this blog!
The high stakes game of AI infiltrating human jobs and skills proceeds stutteringly.
Fascinating experiment from Harvard researchers, setting various AI’s in charge of a vending machine on the task of maximizing profit. What could go wrong?
Another milestone breached: a robot ran a half marathon faster than the human winner (50 min vs 57)
Caterwauling again, CT Lin plays “Something in the way she computes” at Amplify AMIA 2026 in Denver, CO, May 2026.
Guest blog post: Laura Macke MD, Assistant Professor, Physician Informaticist, UCHealth