Archive - Practical AI

What Your Computer Needs to Run AI Locally

You do not need to build a miniature data center to begin running artificial intelligence (AI) on your own computer.

Oct 3 • J. Travis Mendel, MD

September 2026

How to Build an Agentic Stack Without Building Yourself Another Job

The wrong first question about artificial intelligence is how many agents you can run.

Sep 21 • J. Travis Mendel, MD

August 2026

Why physicians should build a local AI hedge before they need one

There are two dominant stories about artificial intelligence right now:

Aug 31 • J. Travis Mendel, MD

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Will Not Wait for Regulation

What the Food and Drug Administration’s new discussion paper gets right, what regulation cannot solve alone, and why physician education is the…

Aug 26 • J. Travis Mendel, MD

Language models predict text. They do not search the literature.

A language model predicts the next piece of text.

Aug 22 • J. Travis Mendel, MD

OpenEvidence: use it like a search, not like a consult.

OpenEvidence is already open on half the machines in American medicine.

Aug 20 • J. Travis Mendel, MD

Automate the work. Keep the judgment.

This is Practical AI.

Aug 20 • J. Travis Mendel, MD

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