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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