Misinformation in the Information Age

00:07 Speakers introduce the topic of the podcast and themselves

00:45 Leena’s Topic: Communication of Stem Cell Therapy for Alzheimer’s

• 00:46 What is Stem Cell Therapy?

• 01:25 The First Human Trial

• 02:00 Examining Two Pre-Clinical Trials

• 02:57 Limitations

• 03:37 The challenges of moving from stem cell therapy in animals to human clinical trials for Alzheimer’s​

• 04:20 How researchers measure the effectiveness of stem cell therapy 5:02 Short-term and long-term typical improvements or outcomes that researchers look for in these trials​

• 05:48 Why the first trial wasn’t FDA-approved and the consequences of that

 07:09 The Gap Between Scientific Research and the Understanding of the Public (Leena’s Research Findings)​

• 09:10 The significance of preconceived biases and its effects on how people understand the research and hesitate funding or volunteering

10:10 Next Steps

• 12:46 Who should be in charge of better communicating this research to the public?

• 13:31 Limitations of having more public involvement in this type of communication

• 14:23 How regular people can contribute to or support this research besides donating money​

• 15:14 Global cooperation with this topic​

• 16:30 The Most Important Thing to Communicate to the Public

• 17:31 AI as a Potential Alternative to Researching on Humans

 18:00 Sania’s Topic: Communication of AI in Medicine​

• 18:02 Sania Introduces her Research​

• 19:04 Communication From the Book The AI revolution in medicine, GPT-4 and Beyond

• 20:22 Impact of Format of Communication and Accessibility

• 21:52 Misinformed and Inaccurate Claims and Their Impacts

 22:49 Second Case Study: Carbon Health

• 24:55 Podcast: The Revitalised Doctor and Public Outreach

• 25:38 Sania’s Research Findings

• 26:16 Impact of the Novelty of AI on the Current Quality of Communication

• 27:43 Importance of Involving End-Users in the Design of AI in Healthcare

 28:50 Next Steps

• 31:53 Collaboration of AI Developers and Medical Professionals to Ensure AI Implementation is Transparent and Ethical

• 32:57 Who should be in charge of better communicating this research to the public?

• 33:51 Measures to Protect Patient Data Privacy

• 34:32 Expanding Communication Reach to a Wider Audience Through Social Media and the Educational Audience​

36:18 Raweeha’s Topic: AI Communication Public Perceptions

• 36:31 Raweeha Introduces her Topic

• 37:19 Past Research on this Topic

• 41:25 Raweeha’s Research Findings

• 42:08 Disparity in Perceptions and Source of Communication Depending on Age

• 44:26 Impact of Terminology on Shaping Perceptions

• 46:10 Do WE Think an AI Revolution is Coming?

 48:23 Raweeha’s Research Findings

50:27 Next Steps

• 53:35 Impact of AI on Medicine, Connection with Sania’s Topic

• 54:11 Intrigue > Truth?

• 54:54 Who should be in charge of better communicating this research to the public?

• 56:01 The Role of Public Figures

 58:10 Key Takeaways and Final Remarks