42. Jane Wu — The Role of AI

Jane Wu lives in the Bay Area (San Francisco, CA), but is originally from a suburb of Wuhan, China.  She heard about COVID-19 early in December as her family started taking precautions.  Soon, Wuhan and its surrounding region shut down, and she was concerned for her family after they had traveled for the Chinese New Year.   She began urging her American colleagues to take safety precautions, knowing that the pandemic was bigger than what the USA yet knew.

Jane's work in the US is within AI and machine learning.  At the end of our interview she explains how AI is playing a role in the pandemic by making hospitals more efficient and sequencing the virus for better treatment.  Interviewed 7 May 2020.

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