# Can You Trust Your AI? Vasant Dhar on Robot Taxis vs. Robot Doctors // REPOST

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Published: 2026-06-26T20:45:13+00:00
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🤖🧠 Thinking with Machines with Vasant Dhar What happens when AI stops being a tool and starts becoming a collaborator and an agent? In this episode, NYU Stern professor and AI pioneer Vasant Dhar takes us through the real story behind modern AI, and the practical frameworks we need for AI trust, AI governance, and the coming era of agentic AI. 🚀 What you will learn - Why “thinking with machines” is a bigger idea than “thinking machines” - How the automation frontier separates low-risk automation from high-stakes human control - Why healthcare has lots of data but still struggles to make good decisions - Why mental health is a dangerous place to outsource empathy to machines - What edge cases in AI mean and why they matter for self-driving cars - How AI agents change the governance conversation, from obligations to restrictions to rights 📌 Key highlights - A practical definition of trust in AI based on error rates and consequences - AI in healthcare data: turning medical trails into usable decision intelligence - The future of work: AI as an amplifier, not a substitute, unless you let it become a crutch - Governance questions that no one gets to avoid once agents can act in the world 📧💌📧 Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ beginnersguide.nl⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📧💌📧 About Dietmar Fischer: Dietmar is a podcaster and AI marketer from Berlin. If you want to know how to get your AI or your digital marketing going, just contact him at argoberlin.com Quotes from the Episode 💬 “Trust depends on how often a machine makes mistakes and the consequences of those mistakes.” “In physical health, I’m very optimistic. In mental health, not…

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