by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Health, Healthcare Ethics
After approximately a year off from blogging—a year spent reading and taking courses on subjects as diverse as python programming and ethics—I have decided to resume blogging. Over the next year, I hope to write mostly about the confluence of three subject areas:...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence
When reading the healthcare artificial intelligence and big data literature, I often run across the implied premise that de-identification of patient data makes its use acceptable for large medical studies. Although historically with studies involving only hundreds of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare 3.0
The scientific method requires the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses using systematic observation, measurement, and experiment. Essentially, it combines the Rationalism of Descartes with the Empiricism of the philosophers Locke and Hume. The...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Twitter
How good is Artificial Intelligence at Analyzing Personality via Twitter? Well, let’s see home well IBM does using Watson’s free Personality Insights tool. Here’s my AI-enabled personality analysis after analyzing 29,929 words ( about 1/2 of a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Facebook, Google
Facebook. Google. IBM. Microsoft. Apple. Amazon. Physicians: Start getting your digital resume together and start looking at purchasing a skateboard, because in the next few years chances are high that many of you are going to be working for one of these companies. ...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Creativity
I am not a great photographer. Although I have a good understanding of the theory behind photography, and although I have read several books on the subject (including my cameras’ users manual), I won’t be doing any shows of my work in the new few months! But for...
