#WIALT (What I Am Listening to) — AI in the UK
This week’s episode of AI in the UK (hosts Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman) is framed around the legal profession, but as a pharmacist working in digital health, I found the parallels to healthcare impossible to ignore.
Their guest, Chris Jeyes - a criminal barrister of 20+ years and founder of Lextrapolate, an AI training and governance consultancy for lawyers - discusses the Pinsent Masons case. A reputable firm. Training in place. Safeguards in place. And a lawyer still submitted court papers containing AI hallucinations.
That “why” is the bit that stayed with me. It is rarely a lack of policy that catches people out - it is the gap between having a safeguard on paper and actually pausing to check the output in the moment.
In an NMS consultation, I never assume a patient is taking their medicine as prescribed - I ask, “How are you getting on with your medicine?” and go from there. AI output deserves the same discipline: verify, do not assume.
The episode’s wider point lands just as hard for pharmacy and medicine as it does for law - every registered professional now needs to understand how AI is reshaping their profession, whether they intend to use it themselves or not. Indemnity, standards of care and professional judgement do not pause for anyone’s personal preference on the technology.
Well worth 52 minutes if you work in any regulated profession grappling with AI.
Listen here
- Spotify: The Future of UK Law in the Age of AI
- Apple Podcasts: AI in the UK
Originally shared on LinkedIn.
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