This week’s AI Talk… Out of sheer coincidence, I ran across a number of articles related to the use of robots in a variety of settings. It is interesting to […]

This week’s AI Talk… Bingo for kids The word bingo conjures up images of senior citizens congregating in a community center with a bunch of cards with numbers and a […]

Physician burnout is reaching a crisis level. Statistics from the 2020 Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report show that burnout remains a major challenge that affects physician happiness, relationships […]

This week’s AI Talk… We have all heard of data mining, but have you heard of the term argument mining? Turns out it is an active area of research in […]

This week’s AI Talk… The Price We Pay – Book Review I recently heard about the pioneering work being done by Dr. Marty Makary on healthcare prices. He is speaking […]

This week’s AI Talk… AI and Patent law This week in MIT Technology Review, I saw an interesting article with the thesis “Can a machine be a holder of a […]

This week’s AI Talk.. CES The big news of this week is of course the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), with over 175,000 attendees and 4,500 companies exhibiting—it must be a […]

This week’s AI Talk… “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” – this timeless quote from Charles Dicken’s Tale of Two Cities, is surprisingly apropos […]

This week’s AI Talk… Algorithmovigilance A cool new word! I saw reference to this in an AMIA communication (1). Coined by Peter Embi of the Regenstrief Institute, it essentially means […]

This week’s AI Talk… Bias in AI – Three perspectives The New York Times published an article on bias in AI as part of their Women and Leadership section. They […]

This week’s AI Talk… Apple Watch A new study using Apple Watch heart monitoring capabilities has just been published by the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, funded by […]

Physicians and nurses are experiencing burnout and are committing suicide at unprecedented rates. When asked, healthcare professionals tell us they are pulled away from meeting their patients’ needs to fulfill […]