I'll bet it did not because it is so heavily laden with typos it is embarrassing. I have volunteered to copyedit Vinay's stuff for years but: 1) he does not perceive it a problem, or 2) he does not care, or 3) he never, ever reads comments on what he writes. I am sure of (3) and have my suspicions about the first two. But AI would never let such error-laden material out the door.
Excellent, and thought provoking as always. I am at the tail end of my career, so these thoughts are not terrifying to me in an existential way as they might have been 20 years ago. Your thought experiment/ predictions are Orwellian, certainly, but my individual perspective is more that of C S Lewis’ space trilogy. I see the stain of original sin, like the fiendish mad scientist from N.I.C.E. rumbling through the present and future, wreaking havoc wherever he goes…
In our corner of world, where we are trying to make great drugs do their work, your arguments are heard loud and clear - it is patient and care-giver cognition, volition, and behavior that decides if they use their meds (and other interventions) right or not, and then bear the consequences.
Ironically, even if "flawed" human actors can be bypassed for the benefit of the patient, as your tech-oriented essay suggests, as M said to Bond in Skyfall, when he asks why do you need me - "Every now and again, a trigger has to pulled."
I’ll bet AI wrote this. 🤪
I'll bet it did not because it is so heavily laden with typos it is embarrassing. I have volunteered to copyedit Vinay's stuff for years but: 1) he does not perceive it a problem, or 2) he does not care, or 3) he never, ever reads comments on what he writes. I am sure of (3) and have my suspicions about the first two. But AI would never let such error-laden material out the door.
I always think the same — aaagghh! The humanity, the typos, the indifference to the written word! It’s like fingernails screeching on a blackboard.
Excellent, and thought provoking as always. I am at the tail end of my career, so these thoughts are not terrifying to me in an existential way as they might have been 20 years ago. Your thought experiment/ predictions are Orwellian, certainly, but my individual perspective is more that of C S Lewis’ space trilogy. I see the stain of original sin, like the fiendish mad scientist from N.I.C.E. rumbling through the present and future, wreaking havoc wherever he goes…
In our corner of world, where we are trying to make great drugs do their work, your arguments are heard loud and clear - it is patient and care-giver cognition, volition, and behavior that decides if they use their meds (and other interventions) right or not, and then bear the consequences.
Ironically, even if "flawed" human actors can be bypassed for the benefit of the patient, as your tech-oriented essay suggests, as M said to Bond in Skyfall, when he asks why do you need me - "Every now and again, a trigger has to pulled."
The AI must be permitted to tell us all we’re too fat, and the self drive cannot be allowed to pull into a fast food restaurant.
I'm sure this has been echoed by many and said quite a while back, but I'll add my name to it. I am so glad you're back