Ay Up AI

We discuss accessible technology for people with disabilities and focus on exemplar projects coming from the gaming and Big Tech industries.

What could the Imitation Game mean for patient care in modern medicine?

Alan Turing asked 'Can machines think?' in 1950. He predicted that by 2000 we would have a convincing answer to this question, but we still don't.

In this week’s discussion we dive deep in some blue sky thinking, exploring questions including: What is a machine? What distinguishes this from a human? And is the Turing Test an appropriate test to understand the role of AI within Medicine?

Society as we know it is racist. There is a reason that the maternal mortality in black women is 5 times that of white women in the U.K. What is the nature of our unequal and unjust medical systems of today, and how does racist data play a part? We cover one of the most shocking examples of unethical research in history as well as the wider social determinants of health to explore this complex issue.

The COVID crisis has provided a platform for technological innovation that is not dependent on inventing new technology from scratch but instead seeks to find novel ways of using existing technologies.

Virtual reality head-sets are an excellent example. Many of us have seen them and some have used them. This week we discuss how one trust in London is using the Microsoft HoloLens - a mixed reality headset- to reduce the infection exposure risk to health care professionals and reduce the amount of PPE being used without compromising on the standard of care offered to patients.

‘Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century’ according to The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. Is it too late to do anything or do we still stand a chance?

This week, we look at exactly how climate change is linked with health and how AI is being used to mitigate the effects of climate change. We discuss the idea of precision agriculture and compare it to the promise of precision medicine made by AI.

Humans are inherently social animals. How then does a social animal cope without socialising? We have adapted to communicating with friends and family online, but is this level of social interaction enough to satisfy the social needs coded in our hunter-gatherer DNA?

Join us as we talk about the impacts of this sudden transition on our mental well being; how mental healthcare is adapting through the use of new technologies and how gaming could transform human interactions.

A groundbreaking new vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 virus has been developed in just 2 days!

How has AI helped us better understand the structure of SARS-CoV-2 virus?

Hear us discuss these and more about how global collaboration is facilitating innovation at an unprecedented pace.

AI is becoming mainstream in drug development. Vast resources and knowledge are being poured into the space. Why? And can we use it to find a treatment for COVID?

Apple and Google are collaborating on a framework for COVID-19 contact tracing. What could this mean for the future of technology in public health? Can Big Tech offer an effective solution to the pandemic? Join us for our conversation.

Hamza's article selection: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/11/21216803/apple-google-coronavirus-tracking-app-covid-bluetooth-secure

Taiwan is making waves in the management of COVID-19! We explore how they are doing this using the latest technology and what the rest of the world can learn from their example.

Link to related article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2762689