Professor Glenn Cohen is a James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law at Harvard University. Professor Cohen is one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of bioethics and the law and is the author of more than 150 articles appearing in such places as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, The American Journal of Bioethics, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He also leads the Project on Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law, which is part of the larger Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law.

In this interview, we discuss a variety of legal and ethical topics like data privacy, liability and medical errors, and AI use disclosure in patient settings. Professor Cohen provides many examples of how AI is changing the face of our society from driverless cars to Target knowing us better than our own family members! He also makes a few great literature and media recommendations: "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang, "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu, "The Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin, and of course, the Netflix original, "Black Mirror."

P.S. Follow professor Cohen on Twitter (@CohenProf) for more nuggets of wisdom on legal and ethical issues in artificial intelligence (and in many other healthcare sectors)!

1:30 Professor Cohen's Journey

3:17 Project on Precision Medicine (PMAIL)

5:46 "Case-based" approach

8:57 Who takes the blame?

11:20 Driverless cars and healthcare

12:33 Medical errors

13:08 Big data, HIPPA

16:30 Where are we going?

18:40 Bias in AI + Healthcare

20:00 Advice to your past self!

22:30 Vital interprofessional collaboration

Interviewer: Madeline Ahern

Producer: Melanie Bussan

Art: Saurin Kantesaria @saorange314 - Instagram