Travis Fisher and Jennifer Huddleston Artificial intelligence doesn’t run on optimism or buzzwords. It runs on electricity. This seems to be a growing concern as the technology advances, with outlets from Teen Vogue and Wired to the Washington Post and Harvard Business Review publishing articles about AI’s alarming energy and water consumption. The previous AI doomerism now seems to be ...
Jeffrey A. Singer and Jennifer Huddleston Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: A Policy Framework for Innovation, Liability, and Patient Autonomy Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming every corner of society, including health care. Hospitals and clinics are integrating AI into their electronic health record (EHR) systems to organize data, flag potential drug interactions, and assist in diagnosis and treatment decisions. ...
Marcos Falcone On October 15, after five years of negotiations in Congress, Uruguay became the first Latin American country to legalize euthanasia, i.e., the practice of taking medical action to end life at the request of a patient. As with all such laws throughout the world, the measure is intended as a way to eliminate suffering among terminally ill patients. ...