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I think AI-assisted healthcare is inevitable and will probably offer the biggest improvement in the general population's health for decades, it will focus on di

I think AI-assisted healthcare is inevitable and will probably offer the biggest improvement in the general population's health for decades, it will focus on disease prevention and flagging up those early warning signs that most people don't usually notice

balaji1 4y ago
This would suggest some alternative "shortcuts" to good health for a broader population. Instead of the time-consuming approach which includes physical activity, fasting, good nutrition, etc and corresponding things for good mental health.
rchaud 4y ago
10 years ago I wrote my academic thesis claiming electronic medical records would fix these things too. They won't. An early warning system is useless if there isn't any funding for public health programs that could help people address said warnings.
- jpadkins 4y ago
  > funding for public health programs Why do you believe the solution needs to come from tax collected revenue? If you had a way to make people live healthier, don't you think people would pay you for it?
  - msmenardi 4y ago
    Unfortunately people often don't go to the doctor because it's too expensive. Why would that change if you added more things to the doctor's toolbox?
  - rchaud 4y ago
    What creates better public health outcomes, making condoms available widely available at no cost, or letting market forces take care of it?
  - jones1618 4y ago
    Sure, the wealthy would have means to pay for cures, life-extension, organ-regeneration while the poor would not. Imagine the dystopia that creates. Let's say there was a 100% effective treatment for cancer/MLS but cost $20,000 per month. We'd all be "willing to pay" for that for a loved one but "willing" isn't "able." That's the problem with US-style for-profit healthcare. Economics breaks down because there's no ceiling to what the "consumer" is willing to pay, only a profit-based decision by companies of how many people it wants to divide into people deserving of health and those not. Seriously, as a society, if we don't grapple with economic ethics of "miracle cures", corporate greed plus technological advances will lead to endless class wars over who's grandma/child gets to live or who's withers and dies unnecessarily.
lm28469 4y ago
It'll get cancelled for fat shaming 0.2ms after being turned on

balaji1 4y ago

This would suggest some alternative "shortcuts" to good health for a broader population. Instead of the time-consuming approach which includes physical activity, fasting, good nutrition, etc and corresponding things for good mental health.

rchaud 4y ago

10 years ago I wrote my academic thesis claiming electronic medical records would fix these things too. They won't. An early warning system is useless if there isn't any funding for public health programs that could help people address said warnings.

jpadkins 4y ago
> funding for public health programs Why do you believe the solution needs to come from tax collected revenue? If you had a way to make people live healthier, don't you think people would pay you for it?
- msmenardi 4y ago
  Unfortunately people often don't go to the doctor because it's too expensive. Why would that change if you added more things to the doctor's toolbox?
- rchaud 4y ago
  What creates better public health outcomes, making condoms available widely available at no cost, or letting market forces take care of it?
- jones1618 4y ago
  Sure, the wealthy would have means to pay for cures, life-extension, organ-regeneration while the poor would not. Imagine the dystopia that creates. Let's say there was a 100% effective treatment for cancer/MLS but cost $20,000 per month. We'd all be "willing to pay" for that for a loved one but "willing" isn't "able." That's the problem with US-style for-profit healthcare. Economics breaks down because there's no ceiling to what the "consumer" is willing to pay, only a profit-based decision by companies of how many people it wants to divide into people deserving of health and those not. Seriously, as a society, if we don't grapple with economic ethics of "miracle cures", corporate greed plus technological advances will lead to endless class wars over who's grandma/child gets to live or who's withers and dies unnecessarily.

lm28469 4y ago

It'll get cancelled for fat shaming 0.2ms after being turned on