I had a blood clot. An AI diagnosis may have saved my life | Gleb Tsipursky

An AI tool is no replacement for a doctor, and regulation is essential. But together, physicians and AI could prove beneficial

A calf cramp should not be a brush with death. Mine almost was.

For five days, I had what felt like a stubborn muscle spasm in my left calf. It was tender, swollen and getting worse. I assumed it was a muscle problem and went to my chiropractor, who treated it as a muscle issue.

Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, serves as the CEO of the future-of-work work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts and wrote The Psychology of Generative AI Adoption at Work (Georgetown University Press, 2026)