A news item in The Independent (UK) and a comment from me below.
'Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence has been integrated into humans' everyday lives — and now, it might actually save lives.
'In the latest groundbreaking use of the controversial technology, AI helped diagnose 18 children at a Boston hospital whose rare illnesses had stumped doctors.
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine’s NEJM AI on Thursday found that OpenAI’s o3 model can help find answers to mysteries in the medical field...'
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/children-sick-ai-diagnosis-rare-dis...
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The article also includes video clips of several speakers talking about AI at US graduation ceremonies - and the overwhelming reaction from the graduates is to try to boo them off the stage.
Personally I am a strong supporter of AI. It is likely already saving many lives and will continue to save many more. It is potentially the most important innovation since the internet to improve the availability and use of reliable healthcare information.
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org