There is a telling asymmetry in how healthcare AI is being adopted right now. The tools attracting practitioner enthusiasm — AI scribes that reduce documentation burden — are advancing on a separate track from the tools attracting regulatory attention, specifically the AI prior authorization systems that are now documented as causing harm. Robert Wachter at UCSF has staked out the position that for AI in healthcare, and the speed of scribe rollout across health systems suggests that clinical staff agree. The enthusiasm is…