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Douglas Flora

Mar 13, 2025, 04:48

Douglas Flora: Stop Apologizing for Using AI. Start Owning It

Douglas Flora, Executive Medical Director of Oncology Services at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Stop Apologizing for Using AI. Start Owning It.

‘The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.’ — Michael Altshuler

It’s time to stop treating AI like a guilty secret. This isn’t cheating—it’s efficiency, and in a world that feels functionally time bankrupt, we need every edge we can get.

I speak about this often when I give talks, and I see it everywhere—the sheepish confession: ‘I used GPT to help write this.’ As if leveraging a tool that makes you better, faster, and more effective is somehow a shortcut you shouldn’t take.

Let’s rethink that. AI is not a crutch. It’s a productivity hack. Emails get handled in seconds. Meetings are scheduled seamlessly. Drafts, outlines, charters, bylaws—all generated in a snap, giving us back the one resource we can’t make more of: time.

Of course, AI must be used responsibly. But let’s stop pretending we aren’t already integrating these tools into the most important work we do—whether it’s delivering better patient care, finding operational efficiencies, or simply getting us home at a decent hour, laptop cover closed, exactly as it should be.

I’m an AI optimist, and I believe we’re just scratching the surface of what’s possible. The question isn’t whether we should use these tools—it’s whether we’re using them well.

What’s your take? Are you still hesitant, or have you fully embraced AI as part of your workflow?”

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