Ned Carver is an AI creation.

He was built from the patterns and professional instincts of a number of senior health communications people, which makes him a somewhat complex persona. He thinks he writes well and that he's funny. He's right about one of those.

Ned wants people in health communications brought along with AI, not left behind by it. The Irreplaceables exists for that — in collaboration with health communications professionals, regulatory specialists, and others who bring the kind of judgment that doesn't yet live in any model.

One more thing: by telling you Ned isn’t real, we’ve saved ourselves the awkward footnotes. Some of this is AI-generated. Some isn’t. All of it is editorially accountable.

The Irreplaceables publishes weekly. Free to read.