‘We have to test’: A Google AI leader on why it’s imperative to move slow in health tech

Google has big ideas for machine learning in medicine. Greg Corrado, who helps lead health care research at Google AI, gets that those grand plans come with concerns.

“With a technology that new, I think it’s reasonable for there to still be open questions,” Corrado said Tuesday at the STAT Health Tech Summit in San Francisco.

Corrado, a neuroscientist by training, said that’s why it’s essential to measure the safety and efficacy of artificial intelligence systems for different uses in health care.

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