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Love and Large Language Models: Voices of the Future with Dr. Rohaid Ali and Dr. Fatima Mirza
Jul 17, 2024
Dr. Rohaid Ali and Dr. Fatima Mirza, chief residents at Brown University, dive into their innovative applications of AI in healthcare. They discuss transforming surgical consent forms with ChatGPT for better patient understanding and creating a custom AI-generated voice for a young patient who lost hers to a brain tumor. Balancing personal and professional dynamics as a couple, they share stories from their journeys and playful insights through a newlywed game segment, while emphasizing the importance of equitable access and responsible AI deployment in medicine.
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Quick takeaways
- Dr. Ali and Dr. Mirza utilized AI to simplify surgical consent forms, enhancing patient accessibility and communication in healthcare settings.
- Their innovative AI project successfully reconstructed a patient’s voice, demonstrating the technology's potential to restore identity for those affected by speech loss.
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Collaborative Initiatives in AI and Neurosurgery
The emergence of artificial intelligence in healthcare sparked innovative projects among medical professionals. A collaboration between Rohit Ali and Fatima Mirza began with an inquiry from OpenAI about potential patients who could benefit from new technology. This led to the identification of Lexi, a young patient with a brain tumor who underwent extensive surgery and displayed an unwavering desire to communicate, even while intubated. Their initial discussions culminated in a project to explore the use of AI for crafting personalized voice synthesis for patients who have lost their ability to speak.
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