Imagine a “super doctor” that never forgets a single research finding, can instantly synthesise your own historical medical data, and recommends personalised treatments for every patient based on their particularities. This vision illustrates how Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) could redefine healthcare—surpassing today’s neural-network-based chatbots by integrating deeper reasoning, advanced algorithms, and continuous learning.

While current large language models such as ChatGPT can be helpful, they currently lack the robust reasoning capabilities on a par with or exceeding human decision-making skills required to safely eradicate both common and rare (yet preventable) diseases on a large scale. In contrast, an ASI will ultimately orchestrate predictive medicine and precision healthcare, simultaneously diagnosing millions of patients, identifying root causes, considering the entirety of their clinical, biological, and lifestyle histories, and tailoring interventions based on projections and simulations of each person’s health over time.

This talk compares the AI advancements and deployment strategies witnessed so far with what may be needed to achieve this revolutionary leap towards mass-scale, proactive disease prevention. What does it take to transform healthcare into a proactive rather than reactive system? Are we heading in the right direction with chatbots, or do we require further, distinct breakthroughs? 

Some knowledge of AI may be useful to enjoy this event.

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Speaker

Dr Hector Zenil is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at King’s College London. He conducts research in Biomedical Systems Engineering, leveraging and combining tools from Complexity Science, Computability Theory, and Causal AI. He is the sole founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Oxford Immune Algorithmics, an AI spin-out from the University of Oxford, and was the CEO for its first five years.

King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

This event is part of the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence. Running from Tuesday 20 May to Saturday 24 May, the free, five-day festival brings together a diverse line-up of experts to consider critical questions about artificial intelligence in the context of healthcare, education, sustainability, policy, and creativity.

If you are interested in this event, you may also want to join us for:

• Explainable AI for Health and Medicine (online)
• A day of health themed events at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering, including the AI in Healthcare Showcase, Barriers to Accessing Health Data For AI Research panel, and the Generative AI in Healthcare: Enhancing Decision-Making and Patient Outcomes talk
• AI and Healthcare: Your Questions Answered
• Reimagining Placements: A Hypothetical GP Surgery Using AI Interaction

Festival events will take place across several King’s venues, so please check carefully where the event is taking place. Festival event times may be subject to change. Any changes will be communicated to attendees via Eventbrite emails.

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