Affirmative Action, AI Medical Recording, AI Doomers

Easy topics for easy times 🤭 Originally streamed ⁠⁠⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠⁠⁠! (#42)

Using Beethoven's Archduke Trio as a lens for why AI-generated art still falls short of true creative risk-taking

Whether AI companies calling for regulation are protecting the public or protecting their own competitive lead

The "Chernobyl of AI" idea, and skepticism toward vague doomsday percentage predictions

Burnout across the AI industry, and a personal parallel to burning out in medicine before starting ZDoggMD

Why doctors, unlike coders, are resistant to AI encroaching on their work

A court ruling on whether the raw audio of an AI-assisted medical visit is discoverable in a malpractice suit, and a comparison to body cam data

The DOJ's civil rights division investigation into UCSF and other med schools over affirmative action compliance post-SFFA v. Harvard

Whether standardized test scores, grit, or adversity best predict who becomes a good doctor, and the weak evidence behind racial concordance studies

A broader reflection on how identity and tribalism shape reactions to contested topics, using the Israel-Palestine debate and the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran episode as examples

Institutional neutrality, the NIH funding fight involving Russ Vought, and why one-sided political stances put universities at risk

Addressing a live comment about their COVID-era track record and clarifying actual positions

Closing thoughts and sign-off

⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠More on Vinay.⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠More on Zubin.

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