CT Lin MD

The math on AI agents doesn’t add up (Wired.com) I wish we had a crystal ball for what is coming. If we thought that the acceleration from internet-generations and rapid change was uncomfortable, what do we call this, the generative-AI-powered generational change? Hyper-change? Articles like this are fascinating glimpses behind the scenes at AI companies thinking ahead to AI agents and what they might be doing now, and able to do in a few weeks or months.

The math on AI agents doesn’t add up (Wired.com)

I wish we had a crystal ball for what is coming. If we thought that the acceleration from internet-generations and rapid change was uncomfortable, what do we call this, the generative-AI-powered generational change? Hyper-change? Articles like this…

Medicine: the last uncompressed profession? (Liminal MD) Bryan Vartabedian calls out the idea of "compression" where standard process and measurement have transformed many professions. Yet, medical care at its root is a sick patient that may not fit easily into a measurable box. Healthcare as a profession cannot be compressed. A must read.

Medicine: the last uncompressed profession? (Liminal MD)

Bryan Vartabedian calls out the idea of "compression" where standard process and measurement have transformed many professions. Yet, medical care at its root is a sick patient that may not fit easily into a measurable box. Healthcare as a…

iPhone notes app is the purest reflection of our humanity (Wired.com) and a medical informatics observation What’s on your notes app in your phone? WIRED argues that this simple, unfiltered blank page is the easiest place for us to store our unfiltered thoughts. How true. For me: fragments of blog post ideas, books I hear about, movies to watch, hilarious quote from family members, messy to-do lists. Hotel room numbers. Parking garage locations. Who knows? What’s on yours?

iPhone notes app is the purest reflection of our humanity (Wired.com) and a medical informatics observation

What’s on your notes app in your phone? WIRED argues that this simple, unfiltered blank page is the easiest place for us to store our unfiltered thoughts. How true. For me: fragments of blog…

Kpop Demon Hunters, yes, I’m a fanatic. Interview with EJAE (wired.com) I am a huge fan of Kpop, and of Kpop Demon Hunters specifically. Read the interview with EJAE. I very much align with her Asian-American vibe and insights. So cool for a colleague's success and for the American melting-pot. And the song and movie: excellent as well.

Kpop Demon Hunters, yes, I’m a fanatic. Interview with EJAE (wired.com)

I am a huge fan of Kpop, and of Kpop Demon Hunters specifically. Read the interview with EJAE. I very much align with her Asian-American vibe and insights. So cool for a colleague's success and for the American melting-pot.…

Do pictures change patient behaviors (James Stein substack) ctlin.blog/2026/01/14/d...

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Make the Days Longer? *Wired.com ctlin.blog/2025/12/31/c...

What if AI helped students learn, not just do (harvard.edu) ctlin.blog/2025/12/24/w...

Holiday Songs Featuring Generative AI in Healthcare (didn’t see that coming did you?) ctlin.blog/2025/12/17/h...

Is AI Dulling our Minds *news.harvard.edu ctlin.blog/2026/01/07/i...

The name of the game is "Publish or Perish" and some of our team's researchers have been playing it for decades.

In October, @ctlin.bsky.social, @thelizarmy.bsky.social and @epatientdave.bsky.social gathered in our Boston office and played this all-too-real board game from @chethan.bsky.social.

Is AI Dulling our Minds *news.harvard.edu This is very much on my mind as we race to embrace our newest AI assistants. If we outsource more and more of our tasks and thinking, does that make us duller? Yes and no, depending on ...

Is AI Dulling our Minds *news.harvard.edu

This is very much on my mind as we race to embrace our newest AI assistants. If we outsource more and more of our tasks and thinking, does that make us duller? Yes and no, depending on ...

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Make the Days Longer? *Wired.com I love questions like this, that don't make sense, then then slowly start to make sense, and then draw you into the math and science and ... woop! There's an answer to the question.

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Make the Days Longer? *Wired.com

I love questions like this, that don't make sense, then then slowly start to make sense, and then draw you into the math and science and ... woop! There's an answer to the question.

What if AI helped students learn, not just do (harvard.edu) This is the beginning of the beginning. Teachers are starting to create generative AI that helps students learn, and NOT do the actual assignment. Imagine a chatbot where a student can ask questions outside of the classroom to understand concepts or ask it to critique initial writing. I like this very much. There is something here for medical residents and medical students, and indeed even practicing physicians. Tweaking the relationship between the AI assistant and the human is our hard work to come.

What if AI helped students learn, not just do (harvard.edu)

This is the beginning of the beginning. Teachers are starting to create generative AI that helps students learn, and NOT do the actual assignment. Imagine a chatbot where a student can ask questions outside of the classroom to understand…

Holiday Songs Featuring Generative AI in Healthcare (didn’t see that coming did you?) One of the great pleasures in life is to catch people in a moment of joyful surprise. My schtick is ukulele EHR parody songs when people don't expect it. Here are two: ChatGPT, sung to Sweet Caroline, about AI draft replies to patients, chart summaries and ambient notes. Then, EHR Wonderland, about Abridge and ambient note experience. OK, strictly speaking, only one is a holiday song parody, but who's counting. Happy holidays!

Holiday Songs Featuring Generative AI in Healthcare (didn’t see that coming did you?)

One of the great pleasures in life is to catch people in a moment of joyful surprise. My schtick is ukulele EHR parody songs when people don't expect it. Here are two: ChatGPT, sung to Sweet Caroline, about AI…

UCHealth Parkview reduces sepsis deaths (Beckers) ctlin.blog/2025/12/12/u...

Easter Island Moai: Walking as a mode of transport?! (Binghamton.edu) ctlin.blog/2025/12/10/e...

Origami Bloom Patterns (NYtimes) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/s... ctlin.blog/2025/12/03/o...

UCHealth Parkview reduces sepsis deaths (Beckers) The story continues. Our EHR, partnered with Epic predictive AI model among other predictive tools have reduced sepsis mortality by 1000 fewer deaths per year compared to our baseline, as we find and treat sepsis earlier with reconfigured teamwork in addition to improved detection tools. Another tale of the Psycho-80: 80% of a project's success is about the psycho-socio-political skills of the people and 20% of the success is due to technology. Grateful for smart colleagues and partners. (image, our fearless informatics leaders, analysts and trainers having a well-deserved meal after another EHR implementation day)

UCHealth Parkview reduces sepsis deaths (Beckers)

The story continues. Our EHR, partnered with Epic predictive AI model among other predictive tools have reduced sepsis mortality by 1000 fewer deaths per year compared to our baseline, as we find and treat sepsis earlier with reconfigured teamwork…

Do pictures change patient behaviors (James Stein substack)

I don't often cite other blogs, but this is a worthwhile quick read about changing patient behaviors. Wonderful story about a physicians failure with a patient and the lessons he draws from using a calcium score to try to get a patient to…

Easter Island Moai: Walking as a mode of transport?! (Binghamton.edu) Engineers have simulated an Easter Island Moai and demonstrated that the easiest way to transport a Moai, the many-ton stone statues, is by WALKING THEM.

Easter Island Moai: Walking as a mode of transport?! (Binghamton.edu)

Engineers have simulated an Easter Island Moai and demonstrated that the easiest way to transport a Moai, the many-ton stone statues, is by WALKING THEM.

Such an honor to attend Dr. Delbanco’s Grandberg lecture and celebration of his career.

Origami Bloom Patterns (NYtimes) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/science/origami-bloom-patterns.html

There is a new category of origami folding and researchers think it can revolutionize solar panels or other technology going to space by folding down flat in rockets. 

Vibe Coding (Wired.com) ctlin.blog/2025/11/26/v...

Sharing Science Through Story: Fergus McAuliffe at TEDxDublin ctlin.blog/2025/11/19/s...

A High Schooler: AI is demolishing my education (Atlantic), and my reaction about AI in healthcare ctlin.blog/2025/11/12/a...

Surprising way to boost your attention span (NYTimes) ctlin.blog/2025/11/05/s...

Passwords are so last year. Passkeys! (Wired.com) ctlin.blog/2025/10/29/p...

Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.

Fifteen Years

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Vibe Coding (Wired.com) The term Vibe Coding, I take to mean, an AI does the actual coding that a human tells it to do. Here's a WIRED reporter learning to do just that. Insightful read.

Vibe Coding (Wired.com)

The term Vibe Coding, I take to mean, an AI does the actual coding that a human tells it to do. Here's a WIRED reporter learning to do just that. Insightful read.

Sharing Science Through Story: Fergus McAuliffe at TEDxDublin How can dry science be communicated in a way that the public can understand? How can science recover the standing that it had years ago, when the Royal Society in London was THE place to be, to hear scientists talk about their latest work? In fact, Albemarle street had to made ONE WAY, the first one-way street, because of the popularity of these talks that the traffic was otherwise unmanageable? This is a compelling talk you have to hear.

Sharing Science Through Story: Fergus McAuliffe at TEDxDublin

How can dry science be communicated in a way that the public can understand? How can science recover the standing that it had years ago, when the Royal Society in London was THE place to be, to hear scientists talk about their latest…