Louisville, KY
Greg is a retired neurologist in Louisville, Kentucky, with a long-standing interest in computers and programming, beginning with Fortran IV in the 1960s. When Linux and open source software came along, it kindled a commitment to learning more, and eventually contributing. He is a member of the Scribus Team.
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In healthcare, we are on the verge of increasing use of AI. It seems that the line of thinking has typically gone toward having machines that diagnose, and therefore replace the physician's thinking. One problem that we physicians have had is in trying to get to the table to discuss what's being developed.
My view is that we don't really need an AI diagnostician. What we really need is a version of high-level assistant, who can point out patterns in the data, perhaps come up with novel or alternative diagnoses, but not make them. Like any assistant, we should be able to query the result, and say in essence, 'How did you come up with that?'.
We can also anticipate that in the case of some diagnostic error, the creators of the AI will deny any culpability (EULA).
On the human side of things, as AI gets better, it's users become its slaves -- who's going to argue with the AI? We're already seeing this in some AI implementations outside of healthcare.
Yes, I am informed that you would have to use Python 2.7 with Scribus, so this illustrates that different parent software might require specific versions of Python.