Tiger BufordYour Orthopedic Industry Expert (free today)

AI's role in Orthopedics will settle down into real applications.

31 Jan 2025 · 0 min

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Tiger Buford and colleagues argue AI hype in orthopedics needs to cool down toward real medical devices. They outline two layers: the model layer requires massive computational resources and talent, while the application layer, which licenses existing models for market-ready tools, will likely move faster and attract more investor interest.

And I think we've got to get over this AI frothiness, you know, and get back to medical devices. But I don't know what you guys think, or maybe AI is here forever.
Yeah, AI plays are getting a lot more scrutiny than maybe they did even 6 months ago. I mean, some of the sentiment amongst investors is, you know, you've got these huge players in AI.
I think AI has two layers. So there's like the model layer and that's how many CPUs can you buy and how many expensive scientists can you hire and how much brute force can you put into training whatever model you're trying to develop. But I think the application layer where you actually license some of the models that are there to license and develop applications for them, that might be a little more dynamic, I think, in the shorter term.