Eric Topol

Even though it might take years to get to this artificial intelligence virtual cell, which I have to agree, everyone in biology would say that's the holy grail.

And as you remember, at our conference in London, Demis Hassabis said, that's what we'd like to do now.

It has the attention of leaders in AI around the world, obviously in the science and the biomedical community like you and many others.

So it is an extraordinary time where we just can't sit still with these tools that we have, right?

Um, so you, you are the prune type for this and, you know, an inspiration to everyone really.

And I'm sure to your, uh, your lab group, which you highlighted, you know, in the Ted talk and many other things that you do.

Um, now I want you to spend a little bit of time about your career.

Um, I think it's fascinating that you grew up in Greece and your father's a nephrologist and your mother's a pathologist.

Uh, so you had two physicians to model, but I guess you decided, um,

to go after nephrology, which is an area in medicine that I kind of liken it to Rodney Dangerfield.

He doesn't get any respect.

No, you don't see many people that go into nephrology.

But before we get to your decision to do that, somehow or other, you came from Greece to Harvard for your undergrad.

How did you make that decision?

connect to start your college education.

And then subsequently, of course, you stayed in Boston.

You never left Boston, I think.

We're the ones lucky that you came here and set up shop.

Your productivity and discovery work and sleuthing has been incredible.

I do think it's interesting, too, because when you did your PhD, it was in neuroscience.