Michael Cockrill on the Responsible AI Podcast

Written By Rebecca Staffel

Before you can train a model, you have to digitize the knowledge—and in healthcare, that’s a massive hurdle.

On this episode of the Responsible AI podcast from The AI Forum, Michael Cockrill, CTO of the Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences and former Washington State CIO, spotlights an overlooked bottleneck in AI for diagnostics: analog data. From handwritten notes to siloed systems, much of medicine’s institutional wisdom isn’t yet machine-readable.

But that’s not all—join us for a wide-ranging conversation on the transformative impact of AI on medical research, education, and government services.

Highlights include:

  • AI can now predict illness, but critical medical data remains undigitized.

  • Government silos are blocking the full potential of AI-driven public services.

  • Bionic enhancement is forcing a new conversation: where does care end and augmentation begin?

  • Quantum computing could upend encryption—Cockrill warns it’s not a distant threat.

Responsible AI is available from your favorite podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Rebecca Staffel
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