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Utilizing AI for Decision Support Rather than Determination
Utilizing AI for decision support rather than determination – opening the black box, learning from our past and reducing bias This weekend I watched the Netflix documentary “Trials of Gabriel Fernandez” which inspired the following submission for presentation at 2020 American Public Health Association. I believe that we can do better. I don’t agree that...
AI vs. the Scientific Method
Is AI at odds with the scientific method? I listened to a Podcast interviewing a CEO of an AI company the other day, and (leaving out identification) he said that "AI is the scientific method turned inside out...the scientific method....has been used to build literally everything in our lives - literally everything - nothing in our lives was built with a statistical model - not one thing - not one thing..." In other words, I heard that he was...
Mental Health in Terms of Strengths, Needs and Adverse Events
What if we considered mental health primarily in terms of strengths, needs and adverse events and considered diagnosis as a secondary indicator? I have been a consultant for Medicaid mental health systems for almost a decade, and one thing I can see from this experience is that primary diagnosis is fluid. It could be that misdiagnosis is prevalent.
Shared Book Reading – It Matters More Now than Ever
It is more important than ever to make a concerted effort to interact with young children in our world of digital technology where many toddlers have a device in their hand much of the day.