EBB 394 - Team EBB's Stance on AI in our Workplace

About this episode

Dr. Rebecca Dekker and Dr. Sara Ailshire discuss Evidence Based Birth's stance on the use of AI in their workplace and the implications for healthcare information.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how people search for information, including how families learn about pregnancy and birth. As this technology grows, it raises important questions about accuracy, ethics, and the role of human expertise in healthcare information. In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Dekker and Dr. Sara Ailshire share a behind-the-scenes look at how Evidence Based Birth® developed its own AI policies. They discuss concerns about misinformation, bias, privacy, and environmental impact, as well as the potential effects on critical thinking and human connection. Learn why EBB has chosen to avoid the use of AI in our research, and what that means both for our team and for you. (03:22) Why EBB began developing an AI policy (10:39) Defining AI, generative AI, LLMs, and hallucinations (17:03) Ethical concerns: Accuracy, bias, and risks to evidence-based information (20:14) Environmental impact of AI and data centers (21:47) Privacy concerns and data security risks (26:21) Intellectual property, sustainability, and loss of research context (27:03) Humanitarian concerns and the impact of AI on jobs and communities (31:24) AI's potential effects on cognition and critical…

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Dekker

Guest: Sara Ailshire

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• healthcare information
• ethics
• misinformation
• human expertise
• AI policies

Keywords

• AI
• pregnancy
• birth
• ethics
• privacy
• critical thinking
• misinformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Evidence Based Birth

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