Dr. Jigar Patel
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The same concepts apply to AI. So I think to your question, Stan, it can apply at very human individual level all the way through to massive organizations and how do they organize operations and other aspects of their business as well. All right, Clarence.
The same concepts apply to AI. So I think to your question, Stan, it can apply at very human individual level all the way through to massive organizations and how do they organize operations and other aspects of their business as well. All right, Clarence.
Yeah, the joke I have is Skynet is here and it's coming. So watch out for your Terminators. They're around the corner. I have a friend who will, when she talks to her Alexa, she says, please and thank you. Because when the AI overlords come, she wants to be thought of in a good way. So it's those kinds of things. She wants to be polite. She wants to be polite now so they like her later.
Yeah, the joke I have is Skynet is here and it's coming. So watch out for your Terminators. They're around the corner. I have a friend who will, when she talks to her Alexa, she says, please and thank you. Because when the AI overlords come, she wants to be thought of in a good way. So it's those kinds of things. She wants to be polite. She wants to be polite now so they like her later.
So it's definitely there. There's a lot to think about from a safety perspective. putting guardrails. I think some of what you've heard from the Elon Musks of the world and others is that government needs to step in and organize this and keep it in the box, so to speak, because unfettered humans will be humans and push the limits on all of it.
So it's definitely there. There's a lot to think about from a safety perspective. putting guardrails. I think some of what you've heard from the Elon Musks of the world and others is that government needs to step in and organize this and keep it in the box, so to speak, because unfettered humans will be humans and push the limits on all of it.
In healthcare specifically, there's real jeopardy when you think about hallucinations, bias, and other things that can be introduced, not necessarily intentionally, but unintentionally, right? That could lead to misdiagnoses, could lead to the wrong treatment plan. So I, in particular, when I talk to clinicians about this, I say, let's think about the automation first.
In healthcare specifically, there's real jeopardy when you think about hallucinations, bias, and other things that can be introduced, not necessarily intentionally, but unintentionally, right? That could lead to misdiagnoses, could lead to the wrong treatment plan. So I, in particular, when I talk to clinicians about this, I say, let's think about the automation first.
How do I make things useful to you today that you validate? and no, right, creating a note out of other text that may be in the chart is an example. The clinician is still responsible for the validity of that information. as soon as I start making recommendations to treatment, that's where we get into a funnier territory, right?
How do I make things useful to you today that you validate? and no, right, creating a note out of other text that may be in the chart is an example. The clinician is still responsible for the validity of that information. as soon as I start making recommendations to treatment, that's where we get into a funnier territory, right?
That's when you start to get into jeopardy, when you think about safety, where you think about guidance. FDA does this for medical devices, right? And so it will be, it feels like an inevitability that government, FDA in the healthcare space will have some oversight like they do for medical devices or biologics, et cetera, in making sure they're valid and useful.
That's when you start to get into jeopardy, when you think about safety, where you think about guidance. FDA does this for medical devices, right? And so it will be, it feels like an inevitability that government, FDA in the healthcare space will have some oversight like they do for medical devices or biologics, et cetera, in making sure they're valid and useful.
Now, on the counter to that, 70% of what doctors do, this is a colleague of mine that I've known for a long time. He was the chief medical information officer of a very large health system in America. He's like, 70% of what we do in primary care is known. Let the computer help automate that so that I can use my physician brain on the other harder 30%.
Now, on the counter to that, 70% of what doctors do, this is a colleague of mine that I've known for a long time. He was the chief medical information officer of a very large health system in America. He's like, 70% of what we do in primary care is known. Let the computer help automate that so that I can use my physician brain on the other harder 30%.
So what's the advantage to the clinician there is that then that clinician can unburden themselves of that stuff that they don't necessarily need to recall, makes their day easier, but then really apply their intellect and that knowledge and that years and years and years of training to those other things. So there's going to be a totally roundabout conversation. I apologize.
So what's the advantage to the clinician there is that then that clinician can unburden themselves of that stuff that they don't necessarily need to recall, makes their day easier, but then really apply their intellect and that knowledge and that years and years and years of training to those other things. So there's going to be a totally roundabout conversation. I apologize.
But when you think about the evolution from the end point being safety and those sorts of things, it's going to be a gradual evolution to that problem. And we've got to be very cognizant along the way of how we're doing that and make sure the human stays in the loop.
But when you think about the evolution from the end point being safety and those sorts of things, it's going to be a gradual evolution to that problem. And we've got to be very cognizant along the way of how we're doing that and make sure the human stays in the loop.
and their intellect actually applies i i'm most fearful of the human just wiping their hands of it and letting people just letting the ai just do things for them and there are some that do that already and so that that makes me fearful for us but let me let me ask a couple you know it's kind of like i'm thinking i'm trying to put my my head around the idea if someone knows nothing about
and their intellect actually applies i i'm most fearful of the human just wiping their hands of it and letting people just letting the ai just do things for them and there are some that do that already and so that that makes me fearful for us but let me let me ask a couple you know it's kind of like i'm thinking i'm trying to put my my head around the idea if someone knows nothing about