Foundation Models Emerge as the “Electricity” of Radiology AI

Fans of the PBS television series Downton Abbey, set in early 20th-century England, witnessed the far-reaching effects of the Second Industrial Revolution—particularly innovations in electricity, mechanization, and communication—on the lives of its characters. What fueled this all-encompassing change, and what does it have in common with artificial intelligence in health care? During a discussion with Nina Kottler, MD, Chief Medical AI Officer at Mosaic Clinical Technologies, Lawrence Tanenbaum, MD, raised the comparison as a way to describe how foundational technologies perhaps, not so quietly, reshape professional life