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Misinformation in the Information Age

Unravelling Public Perceptions of Alzheimer's Treatments, AI in Medicine, and AI Job Displacement
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A discussion by:

Raweeha Raza

Sania Khurshid

Leena Alorbani

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Transcript

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00:07 Speakers introduce the topic of the podcast and themselves

 

00:45 Leena’s Topic: Communication of Stem Cell Therapy for Alzheimer’s

 

00:46 What is Stem Cell Therapy?

 

01:25 The First Human Trial

 

02:00 Examining Two Pre-Clinical Trials

 

02:57 Limitations

 

03:37 The challenges of moving from stem cell therapy in animals to human clinical trials for Alzheimer’s

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04:20 How researchers measure the effectiveness of stem cell therapy 5:02 Short-term and long-term typical improvements or outcomes that researchers look for in these trials

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05:48 Why the first trial wasn’t FDA-approved and the consequences of that

 

07:09 The Gap Between Scientific Research and the Understanding of the Public (Leena’s Research Findings)

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09:10 The significance of preconceived biases and its effects on how people understand the research and hesitate funding or volunteering

 

10:10 Next Steps

 

12:46 Who should be in charge of better communicating this research to the public?

 

13:31 Limitations of having more public involvement in this type of communication

 

14:23 How regular people can contribute to or support this research besides donating money

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15:14 Global cooperation with this topic

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16:30 The Most Important Thing to Communicate to the Public

 

17:31 AI as a Potential Alternative to Researching on Humans

 

18:00 Sania’s Topic: Communication of AI in Medicine

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18:02 Sania Introduces her Research

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19:04 Communication From the Book The AI revolution in medicine, GPT-4 and Beyond

 

20:22 Impact of Format of Communication and Accessibility

 

21:52 Misinformed and Inaccurate Claims and Their Impacts

 

22:49 Second Case Study: Carbon Health

 

24:55 Podcast: The Revitalised Doctor and Public Outreach

 

25:38 Sania’s Research Findings

 

26:16 Impact of the Novelty of AI on the Current Quality of Communication

 

27:43 Importance of Involving End-Users in the Design of AI in Healthcare

 

28:50 Next Steps

 

31:53 Collaboration of AI Developers and Medical Professionals to Ensure AI Implementation is Transparent and Ethical

 

32:57 Who should be in charge of better communicating this research to the public?

 

33:51 Measures to Protect Patient Data Privacy

 

34:32 Expanding Communication Reach to a Wider Audience Through Social Media and the Educational Audience

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36:18 Raweeha’s Topic: AI Communication Public Perceptions

 

36:31 Raweeha Introduces her Topic

 

37:19 Past Research on this Topic

 

41:25 Raweeha’s Research Findings

 

42:08 Disparity in Perceptions and Source of Communication Depending on Age

 

44:26 Impact of Terminology on Shaping Perceptions

 

46:10 Do WE Think an AI Revolution is Coming?

 

48:23 Raweeha’s Research Findings

 

50:27 Next Steps

 

53:35 Impact of AI on Medicine, Connection with Sania’s Topic

 

54:11 Intrigue > Truth?

 

54:54 Who should be in charge of better communicating this research to the public?

 

56:01 The Role of Public Figures

 

58:10 Key Takeaways and Final Remarks

Show Notes

Leena's Segment:

 

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Sania's Segment:

https://carbonhealth.com/blog-post/introducing-hands-free-charting-ai-enabled-note- taking-for-more-personal-visits

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Raweeha's Segment:

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/impact-artificial-intelligence-growth-and-employment

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