#120: "Just because AI can do something, doesn’t mean it should" - Lara Lewington, Writer and Broadcaster

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Lara Lewington discusses the implications of AI in healthcare and technology on The Tech Leaders Podcast.

This week on The Tech Leaders Podcast, Gareth sits down with Author, BBC / ITV Presenter, and AI Agony Aunt Lara Lewington. They discuss how AI will revolutionise personalised medicine, its impact on wearable health trackers, and what “Health-span” really means. Join us to hear Lara talk about fist bumping card machines, wireless urine monitoring, and being invited to the Moon by a Japanese billionaire… Timestamps: Intro and Good Leadership (2:26)Breaking into TV – Celebri...

People in this episode

Host: Gareth

Guest: Lara Lewington

Topics covered

• AI
• personalised medicine
• wearable health trackers
• health-span
• technology impact

Keywords

• AI
• personalised medicine
• wearable health trackers
• health-span
• technology

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Organizations: BBC, ITV

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