“Justice delayed is justice denied . . . but not forever.”

Mike Magee The date was March 16, 1868. The speaker was a British statesman and former Prime Minister, William Evert Gladstone. In a dispute that day, during vigorous debate in Parliament, Gladstone, in response to supportive cheers from colleagues said , “But above all, if we be just men, we shall go forward in the […]

AI Can Talk, But Can It Think?

Mike Magee OpenAI says its new GPT-4o is “a step towards much more natural human-computer interaction,” and is capable of responding to your inquiry “with an average 320 millisecond (delay) which is similar to a human response time.” So it can speak human, but can it think human? The “concept of cognition” has been a scholarly football […]

May 17, 2024 Address at Presidents College/U. of Hartford: “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and The Future of American Medicine.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of American Medicine Link here: https://www.healthcommentary.org/about/artificial-intelligence-ai-and-the-future-of-medicine/

GPT-4o: “From babble to concordance to inclusivity…”

Mike Magee If you follow my weekly commentary on HealthCommentary.org or THCB, you may have noticed over the past 6 months that I appear to be obsessed with mAI, or Artificial Intelligence intrusion into the health sector space. So today, let me share a secret. My deep dive has been part of a long preparation […]

Justice Amy Coney Barrett Has a Mortal Sin On Her Conscience.

Mike Magee Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic and conservative, likely found this week’s Health Affairs article on violence toward women in Red states where abortion was banned uncomfortable reading. Its authors state that the “rapidly increasing passage of state legislation has restricted or banned access to abortion care” and has triggered an increase in “intimate […]

Will AI Revolutionize Surgical Care? Yes, But Maybe Not How You Think.

Mike Magee If you talk to consultants about AI in Medicine, it’s full speed ahead. GenAI assistants, “upskilling” the work force, reshaping customer service, new roles supported by reallocation of budgets, and always with one eye on “the dark side.” But one area that has been relatively silent is surgery. What’s happening there? In June, […]