Healthcare tech in popular culture and the ChatGPT era

Well before the advent of chat GPT, popular culture has explored how technology might affect health care, often with a dystopian bent.

Take, for example, the 2013 sci-fi movie Elysium, set in 2154 (spoilers ahead).

Matt Damon’s character, Max, is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation when his factory supervisor threatens to fire him if he doesn’t perform a dangerous task. Because he can’t afford to lose his job, Max does it, but when he steps into the room, his face tells us what will happ...