Things that went whizzing by that I want to remember: FIRST: Erika Lynn-Green & Howard Forman: What Is “Natural Immunity”? & Why Should You Get the Vaccine Even If You Already Had COVID?: ‘People with immunity from prior infections, but no vaccine, are more than twice as likely to get reinfected with COVID–19 than people who had a prior infection and got the vaccine. There is enormous benefit to getting vaccinated, no matter your infection history… <https://www.thebulwark.com/what-is-natural-immunity-and-why-should-you-get-the-vaccine-even-if-you-already-had-covid/>
Many decades ago when I was in the pharmaceutical industry, I was told that you never deny pain killers to someone in pain, or make them expensive.
Then a decade later I found myself in excruciating pain, but the emergency room refused to treat me until they had tested my blood for opiates to make sure I wasn't a drug addict faking the pain.
The particular story about the use of an AI algorithm strikes me as deeply unethical, relegating treatment on the basis of an [flawed] algorithm. We have seen so many instances of such flawed technology that humans defer to algorithms rather than use real judgment based on specific cases. Some of this is in law enforcement and the flaws are finally coming to light.
It is time to emphasize Paul Ehrlich's comment: "To err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer". [I think we would replace the "foul" with another f-word today]. Or the older "Garbage In, garbage out." Humans ignorant about technology have become bamboozled by claims of machine infallibility, It is the modern snake oil.
Many decades ago when I was in the pharmaceutical industry, I was told that you never deny pain killers to someone in pain, or make them expensive.
Then a decade later I found myself in excruciating pain, but the emergency room refused to treat me until they had tested my blood for opiates to make sure I wasn't a drug addict faking the pain.
The particular story about the use of an AI algorithm strikes me as deeply unethical, relegating treatment on the basis of an [flawed] algorithm. We have seen so many instances of such flawed technology that humans defer to algorithms rather than use real judgment based on specific cases. Some of this is in law enforcement and the flaws are finally coming to light.
It is time to emphasize Paul Ehrlich's comment: "To err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer". [I think we would replace the "foul" with another f-word today]. Or the older "Garbage In, garbage out." Humans ignorant about technology have become bamboozled by claims of machine infallibility, It is the modern snake oil.