Ep 44: Dr. Atul Butte on Healthcare AI Opportunities and Challenges

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Dr. Atul Butte, a professor at UCSF, Chief Data Scientist of the UC Health System, and a co-founder of numerous healthcare startups. They discuss Dr. Butte’s takes on healthcare AI opportunities, challenges, hype, and more.   (0:00) intro (0:31) AI hype through the years (5:44) when LLMs don’t work (8:42) when LLMs surpass humans (11:07) AI adoption timeline (13:22) converting skeptical doctors (20:30) commercialization in AI (24:15) how will AI change med school? (33:28) regulating consumer-facing AI apps (44:08) over-hyped/under-hyped (45:44) coolest AI demos (47:06) what company would Atul want to run?   Out-Of-Pocket: https://www.outofpocket.health/