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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

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So in truth, I called it a b r because the Book On B t, you ever read that, Bob? Eric: Yeah, great book. And I remember interviewing Captain Sullenberger for my book, and as he was describing accidents like this, he said, “They were flying a plane they were not familiar with, which is a plane without their digital wingman.”

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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Her most recent book is Elderhood. So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. He made it very clear that he called me by looking my number up in the phone book. Eric 00:13 And, Alex, who do we have with us today?