AI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now

<p>Artificial intelligence is already <a href="https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/03/27/ais-will-make-health-care-safer-and-better?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=babbage&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">making its mark in health care</a>—but new, bigger, models promise to improve how patients access services, help doctors <a href="https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/03/27/artificial-intelligence-has-long-been-improving-diagnoses?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=babbage&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spot diseases faster</a> and transform how medical research is done. In the first of two episodes on the <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/03/27/the-ai-doctor-will-see-youeventually?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=babbage&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">potential of AI in health care</a>, we ask: how will patients benefit from the <a href="https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2024/03/27/medical-ais-with-human-faces-are-on-their-way?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=babbage&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">technology behind ChatGPT</a>?&nbsp;</p><br /><p>Host: Alok Jha, <em>The Economist</em>’s science and technology editor. Contributors: Natasha Loder, <em>The Economist</em>'s health editor; Gerald Lip of NHS Grampian; Peter Kecskemethy of Kheiron Medical; Pranav Rajpurkar of Harvard Medical School; Hugh Harvey of Hardian Health.</p><br /><p>Want to learn more about generative artificial intelligence? Listen to <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/04/03/the-science-that-built-the-ai-revolution" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our series on the science that built the AI revolution</a>.</p><br /><p><em>Transcripts of our podcasts are available via </em><a href="http://economist.com/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>economist.com/podcasts</em></a><em>.</em></p><br /><p><em>Get a world of insights for </em><a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>50% off—subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a></p><br /><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>