AI for Vitiligo Patients — Beyond the Hype (Ep. 51)

When we launched vitiligo.ai back in 2023, the idea was simple: make reliable information about vitiligo available to anyone, anywhere, in any language. What could possibly go wrong, right? Fast forward two years — turns out AI can sound smart, act caring, and still be utterly clueless. It imitates empathy but doesn’t actually care. It oozes confidence but often has no idea what it’s talking about. In this episode, Yan Valle — professor, researcher, and the slightly obsessive nerd behind vitiligo.ai — shares what really happens when you try to teach a machine to teach medicine. The wins, the fails, and the very human mess in between. You’ll hear: Why AI gets the facts right but the feelings wrong How “AI therapists” can cross lines no human ever should Why biased data quietly poisons good science And what dermatology looks like when algorithms start calling the shots AI is brilliant at answering questions — just not always the right ones. This episode is a reminder that intelligence is easy to fake. Humanity isn’t. Here's the long read