In Blade Runner Rick Deckard, meets Rachel. She is very beautiful and vulnerable, with a rich life narrative, andemotional depth. However, Rachel is a highly sophisticated, super-realistic android. But nonetheless he falls in love with her. How close are we to this vision of the future? Are there medical uses to companion robots? And are there hidden dangers? And what about you? - Could you fall in love with a robot? My guest is uniquely well-placed to explore these questions – because he is building the world's most advanced companion robots. Andrew Keegel, CEO ofRealbotix.

The Medical AI Podcast is the number one podcast on Medical AI in the world, on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify, according to Podseo and FeedSpot (⁠https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_ai_podcasts/⁠) and millionpodcasts (https://www.millionpodcasts.com/digital-health-podcasts/)

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Under capitalism a company has to make money. But a big problem in medical AI is that few companies are. Most are burning up venture capital and profitability is very hard to achieve. A key reason is that it is extremely difficult to obtain government reimbursement for the use of medical AI products. But a small number of companies are making progress here. What can learned from them? And how would a shift in reimbursement change the sector?

Microscopic analysis of tissue slides, or pathology, is a vital diagnostic tool. It can determine disease type and stage and it remains the gold standard approach for diagnostics in cancer. But the process is labor-intensive and dependent on the skill of the pathologist. AI techniques could address those problem and are rapidly changing pathology analysis. Buthow exactly? What does the future look like? And how could pathology AI be used to deliver Precision Medicine – which aims to tailors medical treatment to the individual.

The Medical AI Podcast is the number one podcast on Medical AI in the world, on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify, according to Podseo.

The Medical AI Podcast is a top-rated podcast on FeedSpot: ⁠https://podcast.feedspot.com/uk_ai_podcasts/⁠

The Medical AI Podcast is also a top-rated podcast on millionpodcasts: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/digital-health-podcasts/

For professional and life coaching check out https://coolcoaching.co.uk/