

Don’t Fear the Power of AI, Leverage It - Dr. Nigam Shah, Chief Data Scientist at Stanford University
11 snips Aug 30, 2023
Dr. Nigam Shah, Chief Data Scientist at Stanford University, discusses embracing the power of AI in healthcare. He encourages using AI to augment human abilities, not replace them. He emphasizes the need for systematic verification and testing of AI in medicine. The podcast also explores the confusion and misapplication of AI, and highlights the importance of understanding problems rather than solely focusing on AI. Dr. Shah calls for training AI with proper instruction-tuning data, and urges listeners to avoid fearmongering.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Speaker's Work in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University
02:36 • 3min
The Hype and Potential Impact of AI in Medicine
05:52 • 19min
The Confusion and Misapplication of AI
25:17 • 5min
The Importance of Understanding Problems and Not Over-Focusing on AI
30:44 • 2min