Episode 102: AI in Comedy / AI in Medicine
Today the guys discuss the implication for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in comedy/entertainment and medicine. The guys go over the basics of AI (1:10) and discuss the rise of Chat GPT. Ali then references how he was on the CBC show “Because News” and how he competed with Chat GPT to come up with a sonnet about hamburgers. Ali then talks about AI in comedy and how some developers created a robot who does stand up comedy. Ali then gives examples of how AI created an “Ali Hassan” stand up routine as well as a screenplay based on Ali and Asif’s (and friends’) lives. They then discuss the use of ChatGPT by students and the concerns raised by academia.
Then Asif discuss AI in medicine (34:23. Asif starts the “Pie in the Sky” ideal of AI assisting doctors and patients. Asif reviews the use of AI to date in radiology, pathology, cardiology, neurology and in endoscopies. He then goes over the significant limitations and concerns associated with AI in medicine.
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Show Notes:
- The College Essay Is Dead: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/chatgpt-ai-writing-college-student-essays/672371/
- Comedian Ali Hassan takes the news quiz: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/becausenews/comedian-ali-hassan-takes-the-news-quiz-1.6713577
- Artificial Intelligence Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That’s No Laughing Matter: https://time.com/6132544/artificial-intelligence-humor/
- Bot or not? This Canadian developed an app that weeds out AI-generated homework: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/ai-generated-homework-1.6725710
- Elon Musk Sounds the Alarm About ChatGPT: https://www.thestreet.com/technology/elon-musk-sounds-the-alarm-about-chatgpt
- AI revolution in medicine: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/11/risks-and-benefits-of-an-ai-revolution-in-medicine
- Machine Learning in Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1814259
- AI 'outperforms' doctors diagnosing breast cancer: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759
- International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1799-6.epdf?sharing_token=73p_xddYYfCXR223Djr_ONRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0M5zwPVx5jT4z_z-YkUZTBTbM27UWphyoF6vHoR667kKgqCi8GNWj2oxgaEK9QGM_J8TQydlaQ1nMXBUQrsn-83UCUXO7SuwGbD3s5OuqoOSNwRSESFwlfAfcnd7hRZOIcdlNH55gszgA7eOZvj2vKQU5Hli2dyISwrlxvPJ62f4A%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.bbc.com
- Artificial Intelligence Achieves Near-Human Performance in Diagnosing Breast Cancer: https://www.bidmc.org/about-bidmc/news/artificial-intelligence-achieves-near-human-performance-in-diagnosing-breast-cancer
- Artificial Intelligence Can Now Prevent Heart and Brain Strokes: https://industrywired.com/artificial-intelligence-can-now-prevent-heart-and-brain-strokes/
- How this Canadian start-up spotted coronavirus before everyone else knew about it: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/bluedot-used-artificial-intelligence-to-predict-coronavirus-spread.html
- AI in health and medicine: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01614-0
- AI in Medicine Is Overhyped: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-in-medicine-is-overhyped/
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