Charlotte Blease

Um, so just to say my background is philosophy.

My PhD is philosophy of science and mind, veered into theoretical psychology, which made me interested in telling the, giving a particular portrait of medicine that I felt was missing.

Again, for understandable reasons, doctors can't be experts in all things medical.

So it's looking at that, that portrait of, uh, the pitfalls, the psychological pitfalls with current medicine.

Um,

So there is, but then with my philosophical hat on, I'm keen also to take an objective perspective here.

And I think there's a big worry current.

I mean, social media and so on can be very vitriolic.

And I mean, that sort of showcases the worst.

And we know that's a problem in itself.

But when I'm in conversation with people, I think there's a hunger for the middle ground.

I think many people, and there is this sort of, again, this bifurcation between fear, utter fear and existential threat on the one hand, and the kind of fantasy on the other, sort of utopia versus dystopia when it comes to AI and healthcare.

I think there's understandable reasons why people get emotional about it and upset on both sides.

But I also hear, and again, I've been doing a lot of survey research in this, people recognize that you can take a practical perspective that there are going to be some benefits.

And of course, no innovation solves all problems while not inviting new ones.

We know this through the history of science.

That's just the nature of things.

You resolve some problems, you invite many more.

But I suppose what I'm trying to say is,

take some of the considerations, concerns that we may have.