This week’s episode of the Delta Dialog examines AI from a cultural and ethical perspective. Tomoko Mitsuoka, AI ethicist and contributor for The Yuan, shares her unique insights, grounded in both Japanese and Western viewpoints, to explain how different beliefs influence the perception and development of AI.

For those who fret that AI heralds an apocalyptic end to society in its current form, a powerful counterargument is that society cannot be preserved or improved without AI playing an outsized role. AI expert Simone Castello examines why this is indeed the case.

This Delta Dialog episode features an intriguing chat with Marcus Ranney, MD, a seasoned veteran in the healthcare and tech sectors. He shares insights from his diverse career, from expeditions in extreme environments, to work with NASA, to his current focus on longevity science.

The best way to shape the relationship between humans and AI is to help AI users become more AI literate, interact with AI systems more effectively, and give them a greater say in the design and implementation of these systems, argues computational linguist Janna Lipenkova.

This episode of the Delta Dialog examines the intersection of AI, ML, and healthcare. Dr Sara Moein, a researcher in the field, sheds light on how these technologies are being applied to genetic and healthcare data to improve understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's and various types of cancer.