When AI enters the room
In a new TEDMED Conversation, Deborah Estrin joins Jay Walker to examine what changes when AI becomes part of the interaction between patients, clinicians, systems, and the devices woven into daily life.
This Week at TEDMED: AI's New Role in Care
AI is moving beyond faster answers and into the relationships that shape health: between patients, clinicians, systems, and everyday devices. This week, TEDMED explores what it takes for that technology to become safer, smarter, and worthy of trust.
Trust at the bedside
Suchi Saria shows what it takes to move AI from research promise into real clinical care, where transparent systems can help clinicians identify risk, act earlier, and make better decisions with patients.
How AI is reshaping care
Explore TEDMED Talks on artificial intelligence and machine learning, from clinical prediction and personalized medicine to the questions of trust, safety, and human judgment that come with new technology in care.
Editor’s Picks: Life Beyond the Machine
Five talks that return health to the human scale: the places we inhabit, the work we do, the art we make, and the meaning we carry.
Using biophilic design to heal body, mind, and soul
Award-winning architect Amanda Sturgeon doesn’t just create beautiful buildings, she strives to design sustainable spaces that connect people with nature. Inspired by a “biophilic” design strategy, which translates…
How farmworkers are leading a 21st century human rights revolution
At TEDMED 2018, Greg Asbed and Gerardo Reyes Chavez shared how partnerships that bring together farmworkers, farmers, and corporations are helping to stop labor force abuses in agricultural fields in America and…
How sign language can bring music to life
A passionate advocate for equal access, sign language interpreter Amber Galloway Gallego has created an immersive translation style that brings the emotional experience of music and performance to…
The surprising science of alpha males
While popular culture uses the term “alpha male” to refer to people who are controlling or even bullying, in nature, an “alpha” is the highest ranking member of…
Beyond surviving
At TEDMED, Debra Jarvis offers a witty yet daring look at the way that survivors of disease and trauma can achieve new levels of emotional and psychological healing.
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