I mean from R2-D2 to the Roombas that vacuum our houses today, from Evil HAL to things like IBM's Watson helping with diagnoses we've seen robots and AI jumping from science fiction into the real world and into our lives directly. But today we're going to turn to the topic of AI, robotics and health care. Our first topic was on new energy technologies for a sustainable future. We've been working Representative Jerry McNerney who I'm going to invite up in just a minute to start this “Science on the Hill” series, to bring information about the latest innovations to the people who have to work on and decide how best to regulate or to manage those innovations for society's benefit. And so it's the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. By the way, if you don't know it Scientific American was founded in 1845. I'm the editor and chief of Scientific American. ![]() That's the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which aims at keeping our medical records secure and private. You'll hear mention of HIPAA – H-I-P-A-A. What follows is an edited version of the hour-long conversation moderated by Scientific American's Mariette DiChristina. On June 14th we all gathered again in the Rayburn Building on the Hill for our second event called AI, Robotics and Your Health. Scientific American, Springer Nature and Congressman Jerry McNerney of California put on that event which focused on sustainable energy. Earlier this year we heard the first in a series of discussions called Science on the Hill – Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., that is. Steve Mirsky: Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on June 18, 2018. Hosts were Scientific American, Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) and California Congressman Jerry McNerney. Panelists included Pedro Domingos, University of Washington, and author of The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World Suchi Saria of Johns Hopkins University who is working on diagnostic and treatment planning tools and Pamela Hepp of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney who is looking at data security, healthcare regulations and digital health records. ![]() At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the future of AI and robotics in medicine.
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