You could start a bar fight over A.I.’s many pros and cons. I’m picturing pocket protectors and bottles of ZIMA flying around the room! Mine is a perpetual state of fluctuating ambivalence. I will stipulate that in my medical career as a radiologist, I embrace it as an adjunctive tool (notions of our replacement beingContinue reading ““You can’t lose skills you never had…””
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“Marching Marginalia”
Like many, I’m deeply ambivalent about artificial intelligence with all of its countless advantages and dangers, both the known and unknown. A.I. credibly threatens to disappear entire job titles without a clear pathway for their replacement. Human creativity is being actively coopted through unattributed imitation, if not blatant theft. We see the destructive capabilities ofContinue reading ““Marching Marginalia””
“The Human Specious”
Let me start by saying that in my 30+ year career in radiology I have met a few clinicians who were truly excellent in the interpretation of imaging. But these people I could count on one hand, exceptions that prove the rule, and that statement comes with several important caveats: #1: They acquired said knowledgeContinue reading ““The Human Specious””