Man & Machine

Dr. Bett and Matt discuss utilizing Sophia, a robotic AI, in day-to-day medical care... the University of Virginia has created AI to monitor COVID-19 patients. Will this help take the burden off medical staff during the pandemic? Or will patients reject the use of AI to treat their medical needs?

Leah Houston, MD, joins Dr. Bett for a discussion on Blockchain Technology, the Humanitarian Physicians Empowerment Community, and the future practice of medicine.    https://hpec.io/

Dr. Bett and Matt debate what the Biden Administration is doing to regulate and move AI forward within the departments of HHS and FDA. What does this mean for the United States in terms of its place in the world within AI innovation? Will the U.S. be a leader or a follower moving forward?  

OpenAI's DALL-E creates images from text. Matt and Dr. Bett evaluate what DALL-E can inspire... art and the ethical ramifications of AI... photo-shopping humans into images that might not be true.    https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/

What if AI gets bored? Dr. Bett and Matt debate our future if machines do more harm than good? Or could AI start to get creative and solve more problems to aid mankind?   Credit to Andreas Elpidorou.  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-if-an-ai-gets-bored/

January 6, 2021 will go down in infamy... Dr. Bett and Matt talk about the attack at the Capitol building. What does this mean for our democracy? Does Big Tech's ban of Donald Trump from their platforms impact the first amendment... and future of our individual freedoms.

2020 has been quite the year... Dr. Bett and Matt recap the year in AI, the Covid-19 pandemic, and how the world has adjusted to our new way of life. Will 2021 bring a return to normalcy? 

Happy Festivus! Dr. Bett and Matt discuss Kai-Fu Lee's piece in the New York Times... the future of our economy and inserting humanity into AI... Will AI improve our ability to be human? Could AI become more human than human?  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/opinion/artificial-intelligence-economy.html?referringSource=articleShare

A mind-blowing discovery... AlphaFold2 dominates the protein folding problem... Matt and Dr. Bett consider what this could mean for the future of medicine and healthcare.   https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology

Dr. Bett interviews our first guest, Dr. Intergalactic, Jose Morey, M.D.  Dr. Morey touches on a wide variety of topics including the role of AI in medicine, the COVID-19 pandemic, technology & innovation, and even Chopin in Space.