'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
About this episode
Bob Wachter discusses the potential of AI in transforming health care and the questions that remain.
We talk with physician and writer Bob Wachter about why he’s cautiously optimistic that artificial intelligence will usher in a ‘golden age’ of medicine — and the questions he still has about these powerful new tools. Guest: Bob Wachter , Chair, Department of Medicine, UC San Francisco; Author, A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future Learn more and read a full transcript on our website . Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news. Support this type of journalism today, with a gift . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Tradeoffs
Guest: Bob Wachter
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- health care
- medicine
- optimism
- technology
Keywords
- AI
- health care
- Bob Wachter
- medicine
- technology
- optimism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UC San Francisco
Books & works: A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future
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