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The Nation's Health Podcast
The American Public Health Association
Putting public health first in AI: What every practitioner should know
SEP 22, 202619 MIN
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Description
What does the growing use of artificial intelligence in public health mean for the future of the workforce? Host Sophia Meador speaks with Onicio Leal-Neto, PhD, MSc, on how AI is being used in public health, what it means for jobs and what students, educators and practitioners need to know about the technology.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Automating Inequality — Virginia Eubanks, PhD
Weapons of Math Destruction — Cathy O'Neil, PhD
Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines — Joy Buolamwini, PhD

