AI's Potential Applications in Understanding Schizophrenia and Mental Health

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This chapter explores the potential of AI in analyzing natural speech and brain activity to gain insights into schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions. The hosts discuss the use of AI models combined with non-invasive brain imaging techniques to understand how meaning is represented in the brain and express enthusiasm for the impact on neuroscience and mental health research.

Madeleine Finlay meets neuroscientist and psychiatrist Matthew Nour, whose research looks at how artificial intelligence could help doctors and scientists bring precision to diagnosis of psychiatric conditions. He describes his latest study looking at patients with schizophrenia, and explains how he thinks large language models such as ChatGPT could one day be used in the clinic. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod