cover of episode Ep 44: Dr. Atul Butte on Healthcare AI Opportunities and Challenges

Ep 44: Dr. Atul Butte on Healthcare AI Opportunities and Challenges

2024/5/7
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Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Dr. Atul Butte, a professor at UCSF, Chief Data Scientist of the UC Health System, and a co-founder of numerous healthcare startups. They discuss Dr. Butte’s takes on healthcare AI opportunities, challenges, hype, and more.

 

(0:00) intro

(0:31) AI hype through the years

(5:44) when LLMs don’t work

(8:42) when LLMs surpass humans

(11:07) AI adoption timeline

(13:22) converting skeptical doctors

(20:30) commercialization in AI

(24:15) how will AI change med school?

(33:28) regulating consumer-facing AI apps

(44:08) over-hyped/under-hyped

(45:44) coolest AI demos

(47:06) what company would Atul want to run? 

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