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AI healthcare research is prone to numerous flaws, pitfalls
Domain knowledge
The ever swifter, wider use of AI in healthcare research makes for many mistakes along the way and often yields inherently flawed research, explains ML developer and medical student Moein Shariatnia, who devises computer vision and NLP applications in healthcare with DL models.
Moein Shariatnia  |  Jun 09 , 2023
ChatGPT comes into its own as used in physical therapy applications
New era
ChatGPT’s strengths and flaws have drawn all eyes, but physical therapy is oft ignored despite being one of its more successful applications, says Vanessa Klotzman, a Software Engineering PhD candidate at the University of California specializing in ML and healthcare informatics.
Vanessa Klotzman  |  Jun 08 , 2023
Brazil must be a model for the world in tackling healthcare, climate crises
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Rapid climate change and a healthcare system that must not only cope with a hotter world but itself withstand its weather ravages as well is one of the most pressing issues facing the world today. Brazil’s unique experience with both offers many lessons for the rest of the globe.
Gustavo Meirelles  |  Jun 07 , 2023
Lessons learned during the pandemic must never be forgotten
Post-pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic fades into the past, people are eager to put it behind them and move on with their lives. However, the lessons taught by the pandemic must be remembered to prevent such a disaster from happening again.
William A. Haseltine  |  Jun 06 , 2023
The spread of false information aided by AI is an existential threat
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The spread of disinformation in recent years, aided in part by AI algorithms, has eroded trust and threatened to upend society. As AI technology improves and gets closer to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), this threat will continue to grow.
Harvey Dzodin  |  Jun 05 , 2023
Life and crime in the metaverse: Trust, trustless, and zero trust
Metaverse
This, the third in an article series titled Life and Crime in the Metaverse, examines the idea of trust, how to engage in online transactions and other interactions in its absence, and what this signifies in the metaverse context.
Nigel Morris-Cotterill  |  Jun 02 , 2023
Three considerations for turning predictive models prescriptive
Optimization
This article is part four of the ongoing series: AI Prediction, AI Prescription and Causation in Medicine. Predictive and prescriptive models both have uses but transforming models into prescriptive ones leads to more valuable insights, explains CUNY data science Prof Scott Burk.
Scott Burk  |  Jun 01 , 2023
AI better detects, treats cancer, but false positives remain problematic
Game-changers
AI improves cancer outcomes by spotting the disease earlier than traditional methods, but the tech is still imperfect and can return false positives. Efforts underway thus seek greater breakthroughs, reports Jennifer Dunphy, senior VP for a major California physician association.
Jennifer Dunphy  |  May 31 , 2023
Metaverse healthcare system applications are based on the discovery layer
Metaverse
In the second part of his series of articles on the Metaverse, AI engineer Douglas Amante takes a look at what the discovery layer of the Metaverse is and how healthcare-related applications fit in as they become an increasingly integral part of people’s lives.
Douglas Amante  |  May 30 , 2023
India’s AI governance trajectory to influence the whole world
Governance
India’s AI governance is ever more influential worldwide in step with its status as the fastest-growing major economy. The most populous nation must now decide how much regulation is too much, or it risks stifling innovation, explains ex-Harvard Medical fellow Dr Rohitashva Agrawal.
Rohitashva Agrawal  |  May 29 , 2023
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Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova is a computational linguist who speaks seven languages. She heads two companies, Anacode and Equintel, that use AI to deliver cutting-edge business intelligence and guide clients towards smarter decisions, strategy, and execution.
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker is Professor of Marketing at INSEAD and the INSEAD Chaired Professor of Management Science.His research explores why existing theories governing macroeconomic growth and firm level competition yield unreliable forecasts of actual market outcomes. He introduced the idea that physical sciences should be directly integrated into macroeconomic studies.
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari is an entrepreneur, AI thought leader, author, adjunct professor, and TEDx speaker. He is the founder of Innovation Titan, a data-science thought leadership and advisory firm. He advises executives on data-driven leadership and helps organizations adopt a culture of data for decision-making.
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter is head of department and scientific director of digitalization and digital association development at Diakonie Baden as well as associate professor at IU International University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on AI in healthcare and digital transformation in the social and healthcare sector.
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme is chief executive officer of Funartech, an AI startup that provides creative solutions to complex industrial problems by combining machine learning and applied mathematics. He is a strong proponent of hybrid methods and approaches, in particular the hybridization of machine learning and operations research.
Colleen M. Farrelly
Colleen M. Farrelly
Colleen M. Farrelly is a mathematician and writer, whose research focuses on geometry in the medical and social sciences, as well as the geometry of generative AI models. Her first book, The Shape of Data, overviews machine learning from a geometric perspective.
Eric Gervet
Eric Gervet
Eric Gervet is a Partner in the Consumer and Retail and Digital practices.
Jesper Larsson
Jesper Larsson
Partner and Northern Europe Lead for Communications, Media, and Technology at Kearney.
Ben T. Smith IV
Ben T. Smith IV
Americas Lead, Telecommunications, Media, and Technology; and Member of the Kearney Board of Directors.
Takefumi Harigaya
Takefumi Harigaya
Senior partner at A.T. Kearney.