"Second Opinion" with Christina Farr, Ash Zenooz MD & Luba Greenwood JD

Are we all out of a job? Examining AI’s impact in health with Towerbrook’s Eric Larsen

Jun 11, 2025
In this conversation, Eric Larsen, an expert in AI from Towerbrook and the Advisory Board, shares insights on AI's transformative impact on healthcare and society. He discusses the balance between AI efficiency and accuracy, questioning our reliance on technology that isn't 100% reliable. The dialogue explores AI's potential to reshape job markets and the future of work, emphasizing concerns over displacement. Larsen advocates for a blend of scientific and humanities education to better prepare future generations for an AI-driven landscape.
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ANECDOTE

AI Summary with Inaccuracies

  • Christina Farr used AI to analyze financial filings and reduced a 5-hour task to 2 minutes.
  • However, 5% inaccuracies meant it still took 2 hours to verify the results, prompting questions about AI's reliability.
INSIGHT

Medicine's Complexity Outpaces Humans

  • Medicine is the most complex and highest-dimensional data space humanity faces.
  • Medical knowledge doubles every 73 days, far exceeding human capacity to process it.
INSIGHT

AI as a Speciation Event

  • AI is growing rather than built traditionally, manifesting emergent properties beyond its creators' understanding.
  • This represents a speciation event, creating non-biological intelligence superior in some ways to humans.
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