Clinging to convention in the face of innovation is where transformation begins. — We’ve all heard of Nicolaus Copernicus and his radical ideas. The common tale may be greater than the reality, but his lesson is clarion call that seems to grow in intensity and significance over time. Today, blasphemies come in many sizes, shapes—and the indictments are swift to follow. But as…

Technology has elevated the creator’s domain from craft to cognition. — Professors are worried about term papers and scientific publications. Artists fret about the utility of the brush in the human hand. Philosophers wonder about humanity’s path forward against tech’s intrusion. It’s a complicated discussion and some solutions my offer some insights and practical perspectives. Let’s start off the that good…

More than ever, data is the new currency. This time, it’s synthetic data. — The future will provide tremendous computer computational power. But what might be trailing behind is the availability of data that is essential in processing and training. The Future is, at least in part, synthetic data. Synthetic data is data that is generated by computer algorithms rather than being collected from…

Today’s battle with technology may have a similar ending. — The story of John Henry is a folk tale about a man who competed against a steam-powered hammer in a race to see who could drill through a mountain faster. John Henry won the race, but died of exhaustion afterwards. John Henry kept hammerin’ on the mountain, There was lightnin’ in…

Quick, simple and non-invasive, the implications are significant. — Voice analysis technology has been studied as a potential screening tool for dementia. The use digitally record audio of neuropsychological examinations have been used to screen for dementia from a cohort of participants from the well-knows Framingham Heart Study. The authors concluded: This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that automated deep learning-driven…

Here’s the most important short story every written about love, technology, and artificial intelligence. — EPICAC (here’s a link to the 5 page story) is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut that was first published in 1950. The story is about a computer named EPICAC that is designed to be a super intelligent problem solver for the military. However, the computer falls in love with…

It might be time for humans to stake a claim on creativity. — We’ve all heard them: 24 carat gold, 100% Florida orange juice, 100% all natural, 100% made in the USA. Much of what we consume—from food to data—is qualified in some way to help us gain insights into what we’re consuming. Sometimes, it’s directly related to things like ingredients and other…

The ways and means of digital health in 2023 are likely to be influenced by many different factors, including advances in technology, changes in healthcare policy and regulations, and shifts in consumer behavior and expectations. It’s a complex group of issues that are coming together to match clinical needs with…

We may be seeing (and reading) a new level of content creation that redefines spam! — It’s just getting too easy. GPT-3 has become the platform for a new level of “instant verbosity” that offer a blog post or essay with the easy of a few keystrokes. And what makes things really confusing is that this sea of content can be far from superfluous—it might be…