Today on The Global Affair, we speak to Kristina Subbotina who is a corporate lawyer representing startups. Kristina also is becoming a venture investor focusing on the intersection of AI and health, specifically mental health. In this episode, she joins us to discuss the topic of ethics and artificial intelligence (AI).
Kristina reflects on how mental health, specifically her father's, has impacted her life and her desire to make a bigger impact in the world. She experienced the pain of her father's depression and obsessive thoughts about cancer, which he was eventually diagnosed with and died from two weeks later. Kristina also shares how she has seen similar struggles in her friends, even though they have seemingly perfect lives. Through this experience, she has come to understand how people can feel isolated and overwhelmed by mental health issues, and she wants to use her life to help people overcome them.
The advancement of AI has the potential to provide insights on how our bodies operate and could help to provide solutions to the root cause of the mental health crisis. This conversation explores ethical AI and using it to address mental health challenges, brain microchip technology, risks and considerations for brain-computer technology, and much more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
[02:15] Kristina’s professional journey
[08:05] Neurolink challenges
[12:40] A fascination of the brain and AI
[14:30] Startups and venture funds
[25:50] Competing with technology
[37:20] Data and privacy
[47:00] Legal tips and growth mindset for startups
RESOURCES
https://www.kristinasubbotina.com
Instagram: @kristinasubbotina.esq
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-subbotina
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@KristinaSubbotinaEsq
Podcast: Startup Mindset https://open.spotify.com/show/1aMjEQ1g1ZKFIzKjYTHEkR?si=aNUS8hXRR8iXpDB_mTpzRQ
Substack: https://substack.com/@kristinasubbotina
MEMORABLE QUOTES
“AI will transform a lot of industries and things. I think the speed, the velocity - it's gonna be skyrocketed. So in the next five or six years, like this decade for sure, life will not be the same. I believe the advancement of mental health and the speed of change in those industries will be incredible. So I'm just trying to grasp whatever we can right now.” - Kristina Subbotina
“One of the things that jumps out at me is security breach, right? If the security measures that the company has in place are not strong or there is a breach, then all of your data gets leaked. And imagine you lost, I don't know, the social security number. There might be fraud. Your bank account might get emptied just because you lost that. But the freedom of thought, our thoughts get leaked. That could cause I think a lot of issues. Maybe it could even incriminate you.” - Kristina Subbotina