I have a difficult question about the philosophy of electronic health records (EHRs) that I want to ask someone:
Should we consider the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the tonal voice analysis of patient-physician conversations and it’s subsequent natural language processing (NLP) a Wittgensteinian language game?
This is a difficult question, because it not only requires someone with a deep understanding of Wittgenstein’s philosophy, but also someone with a working knowledge of AI and NLP to take a crack at it.
Yet soon—provided I wake up at 2 a.m. Seattle-time!—I will be attending live lectures at the University Oxford (via Microsoft Teams) on the topic Wittgenstein’s Games. Now, as Oxford has a strong presence in both Wittgenstein Philosophy and AI, I think there is a good chance I can get an informed answer to my question.
Taking a step back, just think about that. Sitting in my home office in the wee hours of the morning, there is a pretty good chance I will be able to directly ask a complex philosophy question of some of the top philosophical minds in the world.
The internet has some significant downsides (especially when it comes to increased consumerism and the spread of disinformation), but this isn’t one of them; this is amazing.
REF: An Introduction to Wittgenstein: Games, Pictures, Rules, and Therapies