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Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on June 18, 2018. I'm Steve Merski.

Earlier this year, we are the first in a series of discussions called Science on the Hill,

Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., that is. Scientific Americans, Springer Nature,

and Congressman Jerry McNerney of California put on that event, which focused on sustainable energy. On June 14th, we all gathered again in the Rayburn Building on the Hill for our

second event called AI Robotics and Your Health.

What follows is an edited version of the hour-long conversation moderated by Scientific Americans Mariette de Christina.

You'll hear mention of HIPAA, HIPAA,

that's the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,

which aims at keeping our medical records secure and private.

Here's Mariette de Christina.

Good morning. Thank you so much. Welcome.

I'm so glad to see everybody here. My name is Mariette de Christina.

I'm the editor-in-chief of Scientific American.

By the way, if you don't know it, Scientific American was founded in 1845.

And so it's the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.

We've been working with Representative Jerry McNerney, who I'm going to invite up in just a minute,

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