PHIL 3345. Supporting the philosophical study of bioethics, bio-medical ethics, biotechnology, and the future of life, at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond... "Keep your health, your splendid health. It is better than all the truths under the firmament." William James
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Jennifer Doudna on gene-editing
https://www.threads.net/@newyorkermag/post/DBM4Oo3hAiz?xmt=AQGzR8uWJUxEKH34B6UaClaVdllgDJY1CdCOjOFZ8mbw9Q
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
I’m a Doctor. ChatGPT’s Bedside Manner Is Better Than Mine.
As a young, idealistic medical student in the 2000s, I thought my future job as a doctor would always be safe from artificial intelligence.
At the time it was already clear that machines would eventually outperform humans at the technical side of medicine. Whenever I searched Google with a list of symptoms from a rare disease, for example, the same abstruse answer that I was struggling to memorize for exams reliably appeared within the first few results.
But I was certain that the other side of practicing medicine, the human side, would keep my job safe. This side requires compassion, empathy and clear communication between doctor and patient. As long as patients were still composed of flesh and blood, I figured, their doctors would need to be, too. The one thing I would always have over A.I. was my bedside manner.
When ChatGPT and other large language models appeared, however, I saw my job security go out the window...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Medical Gaslighting
Narrated by Lori Prince
Listen on Audible:
https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DFMX44S4?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=pdp