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Ted’s Take: Do we need AI guardrails?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage now. There are all numbers of folks developing AI technology and applications that range from simple to complex.
Ted’s Take: Does AI learn and incorporate our biases?
We hear tons of conversation around the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We also hear that the application of AI might be the solution to almost everything. While that’s both an overstatement and unrealistic, there are a lot of companies and folks working to make AI do just that — solve everything
Ted’s Take: Errors in formulas and what it means for AI
Spinach is the best source of iron. I’ve understood this for decades now. As I ate more and more healthy foods, I’d choose spinach salads because of the “great” nutritional value, particularly iron.
Ted’s Take: An ounce of prevention
They stay an ounce of the prevention is worth a pound of cure. Isn’t it the truth.
How physicians are paid
Despite a growing need for general practitioners, the Medicare system is not helping with this shortage given the maldistribution of reimbursement between general medical providers and surgeons and other specialists.
Ted’s Take: Listen to those who lived history to truly learn
There are many historians out there and they seem to get a lot of respect. They are asked about particular events or circumstances and often asked their take about what happened and when and why and how.
Ted’s Take: Getting credit is BS. Performance is the only thing that matters.
It seems many folks today, especially younger workers, want to get credit for the work they do. That’s not all bad. Maybe they are trying to get promoted earlier than others. Maybe they are trying to get ahead. But it can get in the way of one’s professional and personal development.
Ted’s Take: The other end of the field
JKTG-funded research, Iron oxide nanoparticles inhibit tumor progression and suppress lung metastases in mouse models of breast cancer, appears in the journal ACS Nano and features a collaboration between researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Hormel Institute at the University of Minnesota.
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