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RenegadeMonster said:
@nolalady How about when used in healthcare? Should AI exist in this space. My thoughts are yes, as I don't see this use judging people by systemic biases, but I do see insurance rates being increased should you be determined to be high risk.

In the video below, AI was able to catch an area in a mammogram that 4 years before it developed into breast cancer.

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Not to beat a dead horse, but here's a prime example of how not to use AI in medicine:

Behind the scenes, insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms, under the guise of scientific rigor, to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for an older patient’s treatment. The denials that follow are setting off heated disputes between doctors and insurers, often delaying treatment of seriously ill patients who are neither aware of the algorithms, nor able to question their calculations.
The investigation is based on a review of hundreds of pages of federal records, court filings, and confidential corporate documents, as well as interviews with physicians, insurance executives, policy experts, lawyers, patient advocates, and family members of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.

It found that, for all of AI’s power to crunch data, insurers with huge financial interests are leveraging it to help make life-altering decisions with little independent oversight. AI models used by physicians to detect diseases such as cancer, or suggest the most effective treatment, are evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. But tools used by insurers in deciding whether those treatments should be paid for are not subjected to the same scrutiny, even though they also influence the care of the nation’s sickest patients.

In interviews, doctors, medical directors, and hospital administrators described increasingly frequent Medicare Advantage payment denials for care routinely covered in traditional Medicare. Many said their attempts to get explanations are met with blank stares and refusals to share more information. The black box of the AI has become a blanket excuse for denials.

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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need

An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to
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This trend of letting the machine make the decision and then saying "don't blame us, this is what the machine told us" is going to happen more and more.
 
Lee Newman said:
That’s hard to accomplish is several degrees less brazen than “if we hadn’t gotten that one other we would be solvent!”
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Maybe I'm reading too deeply into it all, but I see a dreadful and subtle creep from "the right job should simply go to the right person" to "it's a waste of resources to kowtow to 'woke identity politics'" to "we were working too hard obtaining 'an LGBTQ' to oversee operations." Inclusion is distracting busywork, etc.
 
Bull Shannon said:
Maybe I'm reading too deeply into it all, but I see a dreadful and subtle creep from "the right job should simply go to the right person" to "it's a waste of resources to kowtow to 'woke identity politics'" to "we were working too hard obtaining 'an LGBTQ' to oversee operations." Inclusion is distracting busywork, etc.
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I think that’s exactly what it says, but like I said a far cry more brazen. It’s like politicians talking about tax reform and then not delivering but then Trump saying, I’m not gonna try and neither are you, because we benefit.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
www.cnn.com

George Santos files paperwork formally declaring 2024 candidacy | CNN Politics

Scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos filed paperwork Tuesday with federal regulators formally declaring his 2024 candidacy -- following a demand from the Federal Election Commission to take action.
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This clown just entered the 2024 presidential race.
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But the article does not say anything about him running for president just hat he filed paperwork to run for reelection. That is necessary because he crossed a certain funding threshold.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
apple.news

Tennessee Passed the Nation’s First Law Limiting Drag Shows. Here’s the Status of Anti-Drag Bills Across the U.S. — TIME

Tennessee became the first state to explicitly ban drag shows in public spaces
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Looking through all the bills, I see fines up to $25,000 and jail time of up to 5 years for public drag performances and a felony on your record. Some states are classing drag as sex work and are age restricting the performances. Nebraska for example, prohibits anyone under the age of 19 from attending a drag show, but if alcohol is served on the premises that age restriction is 21. Where they limit drag shows too essentially means that 99% of them would be age restricted to 21.

Texas' bill says drag is wearing any clothing not consistent with gender assigned at birth. Meaning trans people would be considered in drag.
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Yo la tengo in Nashville last night
 
Jan said:
But the article does not say anything about him running for president just hat he filed paperwork to run for reelection. That is necessary because he crossed a certain funding threshold.
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The article was updated since it's initial posting.

Guess that was a correction they made.
 
Facebook has announced an additional 15,000 in layoffs. This comes after more than 10k in layoffs this past November.

But one of the more notable things announced was not layoffs, but rather remote work changes.

Facebook is now making remote work a benefit that's only available to more senior level positions who have been with Facebook for at least a minimum period of time.

So if you are a regular working, you are expected to be in the office full time. No remote work available. They are also not hiring anyone new as a remote worker or being able to remote work.

The tech industry, where a larger portion of their workforce can be accomplished remotely, and the workers want to be working remotely, are run by CEOs who are big on "we want you in the office". Tech companies are leading the industry with setting return to the office mandates for corporate office workers. Many of which have moved to you must be in the office 4 days a week now.

Apple has had several high level engineers resign because they wanted to continue to work remotely and weren't given the option. Even though their job could be done fully remotely and there is no need for them to be in the office other than executives want them there.
 
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