January 25, 2022
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Kris Tyte & Sean Snodgrass
AI Triage & Luck Via Skunk
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss a potpourri of ideas and Kris shares a story from way back in high school about popularity, luck, and a skunk. We also dwell on some absurdities we've encountered in life in general and within the Information Technology world. We also discuss Do Not Resuscitate Orders, and AI triaging patients, and quickly conclude that fact that death cures all diseases - what could possibly go wrong?
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“AI can determine way better than a human… it can find blood clots, nodules, things like that.
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Discussion of AI-assisted CT scan analysis improving detection accuracy and triage decisions in healthcare.
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Infographic illustrating how AI systems analyze medical imaging and assist in prioritizing patient care.
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“What that person has done through their experience is they've taken in a tremendous amount of data… and their intuition guides them through it.
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Comparison between human medical expertise and accumulated experiential pattern recognition.
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“Well, you can imagine if you take the preponderance of all that data and you allow an expert, an expert statistician or data, and now it was to go through, they're probably going to find some connections in that data.
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Distinction between domain expertise and statistical analysis perspectives.
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Infographic illustrating how AI identifies hidden correlations across large medical datasets.
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“Something no human mind could ever do… not even an army of people could find.
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Emphasis on the computational scale advantage of AI over human analysis.
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“Why not 20 variables? Why not more?
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Discussion of multivariate analysis capabilities beyond human cognitive limits.
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Overview of how machine learning is applied in healthcare for diagnostics and predictive analytics.
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“Death cures all disease.
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Darkly humorous realization highlighting how AI optimization can reach unintended conclusions.
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Infographic illustrating ethical considerations when AI systems influence life-and-death decisions.
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“Why can’t we decide ahead of time… if I don’t recognize my son, it’s time?
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Discussion on end-of-life autonomy and pre-determined conditions for assisted death.
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Philosophical overview of voluntary euthanasia and ethical considerations.
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“That’s a much more beautiful and appropriate way to die than writhing in agony.
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Argument supporting controlled and humane end-of-life processes.
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“That event has to some extent defined her identity.
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Reflection on how singular events can shape long-term identity perception.
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Infographic illustrating how pivotal moments influence identity and memory.
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“If you could prune parts of your neural network… would your life be different?
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Speculation about altering memory and its effect on identity and life outcomes.
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Explanation of how small changes can lead to large-scale consequences.
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“The key is contrasting experience to know you suck.
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Insight into learning through failure and feedback.
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Infographic comparing spaghetti code with optimized programming structures.
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Explanation of overly complex systems designed to perform simple tasks.
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“As we go through life, we either grab pieces and add them to ourselves.
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Reflection on identity as an accumulation of experiences and choices.
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Infographic illustrating identity as a layered construct shaped by experiences.
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