Signs, Systems, Stories: Diagnosis & Being Human in the Age of AI

Hosted by the Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative and co-sponsored by MedStar Health and the Department of Philosophy, this panel brought together Dr. Adam Rodman, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), Katie Palmer (Stat News), and Dr. Arjun (Raj) Manrai, PhD (Harvard Medical School, NEJM AI) for a conversation on the intersection of artificial intelligence, medicine, and the human experience of diagnosis. Introduced by Dr. Maggie Little and moderated by Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan, the event explored how AI is reshaping clinical understanding and the stories we tell about health and humanity.