Building AI for Life-or-Death Decisions: Lessons from the Pentagon and the Operating Room

Building AI for life-or-death decisions requires more than great technology.

In the latest Digital Storm Podcast, I spoke with Dr. Hassan Tetteh — surgeon, former U.S. Navy Captain, Pentagon AI leader, and Founder of Human Care Technologies — about what makes AI actually work in the real world.

His message is clear: AI succeeds when systems, incentives, and data are strong. Without that, it’s just hype.

Key takeaways: • Validated AI beats flashy demos • Governance enables safe scaling • People + Process + Tech must align • Impact — not presentations — is the real KPI

🎧 Listen to the full episode: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56OPvjqyxXfwj3lfNHNG0Q Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a8ccad06-05d4-45e9-9f69-a4b6eacd77c7/the-digital-storm-weekly-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-digital-storm-weekly-podcast/id1867227116 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/779CC9Nn8coXth0tNjlt2d RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/the-digital-storm-weekly-podcast/

👉 Connect: Dr Joerg Storm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joergstorm/ Lucas Storm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-storm/ Paul Storm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-storm/

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