Dr Bot

Weekly insights on medicine, healthcare, technology, and psychology—where cutting-edge ideas meet real-world impact, by academic Charlotte Blease, PhD.

By Charlotte Blease

· Launched a year ago

Doctors as AI's Assistant

A new study experimenting with "autopilot" AI agents in healthcare

Jun 23•Charlotte Blease

Dr Bot Dispatch #1: UK GPs and the AI Turning Point

A sneak preview for Dr Bot readers

Jun 16•Charlotte Blease

Tony Blair is Starting a Conversation

Tony isn't Bot-Curious, He is Coming Out As Fully AI-Aware. We Should Welcome Political Leadership on Technology - It Is Long Overdue

Jun 9•Charlotte Blease

Posh hippies, hazy borders, and Dr Bot sold out at Hay

Reader content warning: this post contains name-dropping with strong signatures of social climbing. Forgive me while I recount an odd couple of days.

Jun 2•Charlotte Blease

Remembering Richard Lehman

(1950-2026)

May 26•Charlotte Blease

AI Is Not Just About Automation

Back in 2017, I drafted my first survey investigating doctors’ opinions about artificial intelligence disrupting their job.

May 19•Charlotte Blease

We Are Already Using Chatbots in Healthcare.

Regulation Pretends Otherwise

May 12•Charlotte Blease

Politics 2.0: Reflections on a contested border

I grew up in Belfast, in a place where borders or “peace lines” were not only contours on a map.

May 5•Charlotte Blease