This podcast is based on an article by Andrew JIng, Jiajie Zhang, Naveen Garg, and Jeffrey Brown.

It discusses Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to mitigate the significant workforce shortage within radiology. It meticulously outlines how the rising demand for imaging services and supply constraints, such as limited residency positions, are creating a critical gap. The authors propose that AI can address this crisis through three main approaches: managing demand to reduce unnecessary studies, enhancing workflow efficiency by automating tasks like reporting and scheduling, and building capacity to augment radiologists' abilities and reduce burnout. Ultimately, the text argues that integrating these AI strategies is essential for maintaining the standard of patient care and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the profession.

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Jing, A. B., Zhang, J., Garg, N., & Brown, J. J. (2025). AI Solutions to the Radiology Workforce Shortage. npj Health Systems. npj Health Syst. 2, 20. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44401-025-00023-6

This podcast is based on an article by Jiajie Zhang, PhD, Dean, Professor, and Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair at the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston. It explores the complex relationship and differences between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Intelligence, comparing them across various cognitive functions. The author examines several domains, including sensation, memory, language, problem-solving, and creativity, arguing that AI excels in precision, speed, and data-driven tasks, while human intelligence is unmatched in adaptability, contextual richness, emotional depth, and genuine creativity. The conclusion emphasizes that these two forms of intelligence are ultimately complementary, not competitive, suggesting a collaborative future where AI enhances human capabilities.

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Blog Article: October 1, 2024, "Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Intelligence: Which Excels Where and What Will Never Be Matched?", by Jiajie Zhang

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/artificial-intelligence-vs-human-which-excels-where-what-jiajie-zhang-5elxc/?trackingId=4ZN4qmP9SQSkAHtKRucOIQ%3D%3D

The podcast is based on the article by Dr. Jiajie Zhang, Dean and Dr. Susan Fenton, Vice Dean for Education at the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, which was published in npj Health Systems. It discusses the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on healthcare education, framing it as a shift toward an AI-augmented future. This transformation is likened to historical economic shifts, suggesting that AI is initiating a "Cognitive Revolution" that frees humans from cognitive labor. The authors propose that education must evolve from traditional knowledge transfer to cultivating higher-order cognitive skills—such as ethical reasoning and critical thinking—that machines cannot easily replicate. They introduce the concept of Distributed Cognition, where human intelligence works synergistically with exponentially accelerating AI technology, emphasizing that AI serves as a unified, vast knowledge base. Finally, the text uses Biomedical Informatics as a case study to illustrate the transition from an interdisciplinary educational approach to one fully integrated with and augmented by AI.

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This podcast was produced using Google NotebookLM and is based on the article “Preparing healthcare education for an AI-augmented future” by Zhang & Fenton (2024). The episode reflects AI-generated summaries and interpretations of the published work.

Zhang, J., Fenton, S. H. (2024). Preparing healthcare education for an AI-augmentedfuture. npj Health Systems. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44401-024-00006-z.

This podcast is based on sources authored by Dr. Jiajie Zhang, Dean, Professor, and Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, consisting of excerpts from a written text and a YouTube video transcript. It offers an overview of the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on healthcare and education. Both sources assert that the human brain is now open source, as intelligence is now shareable, scalable, and open source, dramatically transforming cognitive labor akin to how the steam engine transformed physical labor. The material highlights AI's superior performance in diagnosis, research (like protein folding), and academic benchmarks, arguing that institutions must adapt and integrate AI into their operations and governance to lead in this new era. Specifically, the sources detail how AI is reshaping patient care, streamlining hospital operations, and requiring a fundamental shift in educational curriculum toward human-AI collaboration.

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(1) Presentation on September 24, 2025, "The Brain is Now Open Source: Building an AI-Native Health Science Institution.", by Jiajie Zhang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjxwTyJVd7A

(2) Blog Article: September 30, 2025, "The Brain Is Now Open Source - Building an AI-Native Health Science Institution", by Jiajie Zhang

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/brain-now-open-source-building-ai-native-health-science-zhang-ea0yc/

This podcast is based on the article by Jiajie Zhang, PhD, Dean and Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair at the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UT Health Houston. It discusses the advent of AI-augmented generalists in medicine, proposing that artificial intelligence can unify specialized medical knowledge into a single system. The author argues that the historical explosion of medical knowledge led to specialization and care fragmentation, which AI can now help overcome by supporting physicians in performing tasks that traditionally required specialized training. This shift necessitates a fundamental redesign of medical education, moving away from rote memorization toward cultivating skills for effective and responsible human-AI collaboration. Ultimately, the article focuses on how integrated AI systems enable physicians to become effective generalists while emphasizing the need to address associated challenges, such as biases, ethical considerations, and security issues.

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Zhang, J. (2025). Are we ready for AI-augmented generalists? BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Published Online First: 16 May 2025. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2024-113597

The provided source, an excerpt from an essay by Jiajie Zhang, PhD, Dean, Professor, and Glassell Family Foundation Distinguished Chair at the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, argues that the notion of AI supremacy leading to an AI singularity is a myth because current AI, including large language models (LLMs), functions as a cognitive artifact that augments, rather than replaces, human intelligence. Dr. Zhang explains that throughout history, human tools have served as extensions of our minds, creating a distributed intelligence where biological brains and technological artifacts work in synergy. Although AI technology is accelerating rapidly and constitutes an AI Revolution as significant as the Agricultural or Industrial Revolutions, its purpose is to liberate us from cognitive labor and enhance our abilities, not to achieve independent supremacy over humanity, which he views as a misinterpretation of the relationship between humans and their creations. The author concludes that humanity must maintain a balanced perspective, ensuring AI serves and benefits people while valuing the unique qualities of the human mind.

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Blog Artible: September 6, 2024, "AI Supremacy is A Myth", by Jiajie Zhang

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-supremacy-myth-jiajie-zhang-2ylfc/