Can AI Save Us? How Doctor Data Could Be The Future Of Health
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Lara Lewington, a technical author and broadcaster, discussed the potential of AI in revolutionizing healthcare. She emphasized the importance of focusing on what AI *should* do, not just what it *can* do, and ensuring the conversation around AI is the "right" one, addressing real risks like cyber warfare and disinformation rather than unfounded fears of humanoid robots. Lewington highlighted the transformative potential of AI in healthcare, driven by advancements in longevity science and the increasing availability of data from wearable devices and genome sequencing. She stressed the shift from extending lifespan to increasing healthspan, aiming for a longer period of healthy living. While acknowledging the benefits of AI in areas like diagnostics and personalized treatments, she cautioned against over-reliance on technology and emphasized the continued importance of human interaction and expertise in healthcare. She also addressed concerns about the energy consumption of AI and the need for sustainable practices, as well as the ethical considerations surrounding AI decision-making and the potential for errors.
Background: We shall be discussing the role AI and technology are playing in our lives, especially when it comes to health. We’ll unravel how this might be able to help us age better, and delay the onset of disease, so enjoy longer “healthspans”. Technological advancements are changing the game when it comes to understanding brain health, as well as physical health, and it turns out there’s plenty we can do to help ourselves.
Speaker:
Lara Lewington is a technology journalist, writer and documentary maker. She presents the BBC’s weekly flagship technology show, Click (BBC One and BBC News), and amongst other things, fronted BBC One's Panorama ‘Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and Us’, ITV1 's ‘Tonight: Healthy Ageing’, and Radio 4’s ‘A Documentary: by Chat GPT’. She wrote and presented the BBC's, ‘Forever Young?’, a documentary on the science of extending our ‘healthspans’, and is also ITV Lorraine’s resident ‘AI Agony Aunt’. Alongside her passion for tech in the health and longevity fields, she has a special interest in AI Ethics, which she can often be found discussing across TV and radio.
