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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

TBD | The A.I. Will See You Now

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Artificial intelligence is coming to a doctor’s office near you—if it isn’t already there, working in an administrative role. Are you ready for generative A.I. to help your doctor diagnose you? Is your doctor ready to listen—with the necessary mix of humility and skepticism? Guest: Geoffrey Fowler, Washington Post tech columnist. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Patrick Fort, and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

As a small business owner, my favourite thing about posting a job on LinkedIn is that when I hit send, I clock out and LinkedIn clocks in.

0:07.0

LinkedIn makes it easy to post your job for free. Get qualified candidates and manage them all in one place.

0:12.9

Plus, LinkedIn extends the reach of your job posts by allowing you to share it with your network.

0:17.7

And hiring managers that add a hiring frame to their LinkedIn profiles

0:21.5

receive two times more qualified applicants. Go to LinkedIn.com slash agree to post your job for free.

0:28.1

Terms and conditions apply.

0:33.8

Not too long ago, Jeff Fowler went to the doctor for a checkup.

0:39.6

So I sit down in front of him and he says, hey, Jeff, would you mind if I use an AI agent to listen to us during our session today?

0:51.3

Okay. So this is when I explained that while Jeff was getting a checkup, he was also reporting a story.

0:59.3

Jeff is a tech columnist at the Washington Post, and he went to see a doctor at Stanford,

1:04.0

Christopher Sharp, who is studying new technologies to help deliver care.

1:08.6

In this case, AI.

1:10.9

And I said, uh, is that going to be private? And he said, yes, absolutely, it's going to be private.

1:18.0

We'll delete the recording when we're done. Basically, the AI is going to take notes instead of me.

1:23.6

So I can spend the time focused on you.

1:26.5

Did it feel different? Or did it just feel like a doctor's appointment?

1:30.6

It did feel different.

1:31.8

You know, for the last decade at least when I've gone to the doctor, I would say the doctor

1:36.0

spends more time looking at a screen and typing than they do spend looking at me.

1:42.3

During this entire visit, Dr. Sharp looked at me. And so we were able to

1:48.1

connect that way, which is really useful. He also would say out loud things that a doctor

1:54.0

wouldn't necessarily normally say out loud, like when he was taking my blood pressure or

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