Artificial Intelligence and the Privacy Issues

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I worry about after a conversation with Amy Webb here about artificial intelligence and some of the privacy issues that I know you're worried about. There's some privacy issues that are very scary to me. That is something that hasn't adequately been addressed and needs to. We have to have assurance that your voice state of mind and these other metrics are not going to be used by employers or health insurers for any discriminatory reasons.

Cardiologist and author Eric Topol talks about his book Deep Medicine with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topol argues that doctors spend too little face-to-face time with patients, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is a chance to emphasize the human side of medicine and to expand the power of human connection in healing. Topol surveys the current landscape of the application of technology to health care showing where its promise has been overstated and where it is having the most impact. The conversation includes a discussion of the placebo effect and the importance of the human touch in medicine.