661. Can A.I. Save Your Life?

For 50 years, the healthcare industry has been trying (and failing) to harness the power of artificial intelligence. It may finally be ready for prime time. What will this mean for human doctors — and the rest of us? (Part four of “ The Freakonomics Radio Guide to Getting Better .”) SOURCES: Bob Wachter , professor, chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Pierre Elias , cardiologist, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Columbia …