When I spoke with Lars recently, I emphasized the critical balance between using tools like AI and actually learning how to think, reason, and create. We touched on the incredible capabilities of AI, raising exciting possibilities and serious concerns. For example, AI-driven customer service can be frustratingly impersonal—I yelled at one for eight minutes earlier that day just trying to reach a human. In education, some elite universities are already requiring handwritten essays again, like with Blue Books, to preserve that integrity. However, as I have written previously about AI and medicine, it has the potential to increase accessibility and the quality of care.
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Henry I. Miller, MS, MD
Henry I. Miller, MS, MD, is the Glenn Swogger Distinguished Fellow at the American Council on Science and Health. His research focuses on public policy toward science, technology, and medicine, encompassing a number of areas, including pharmaceutical development, genetic engineering, models for regulatory reform, precision medicine, and the emergence of new viral diseases. Dr. Miller served for fifteen years at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a number of posts, including as the founding director of the Office of Biotechnology.
