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The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI and Ethics by Toby Walsh: https://www.ted.com/talks/toby_walsh_ai_and_ethics To begin, what is an AI code of ethics? The Asilomar AI Principles are a set of 23 standards for artificial intelligence research and development (AI), organised into three sections:...
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Is it not magical how Siri on your phone listens to your voice, talks to you, and helps you out? Or have you ever wondered how your phone recognises people in pictures? Or maybe how Netflix gives you spot on recommendations for the next binge-watch-worthy tv show? The...
From Boardroom to Bedside: How does New Tech make it into the world of Healthcare
Above is a quick map of the phases of Medical Device Development from Understanding the 5 Phases of Medical Device Development. Below I’ve outlined a brief summary: Phase 1 - Planning, Research and Funding In Phase 1, after formulating the initial idea, it is crucial...
Ai in Medicine Examples and Glossary
How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) used in Medicine currently? The use of Artificial Intelligence in medicine has steadily increased in the past decade. With the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory...
Making Women in Science Visible – a TedTalk and Book by Rachel Ignotofsky
Rachel Ignotofsky is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator. She is based in Santa Barbara, California where she writes and publishes books about science and history. Rachel has spoken at many companies, bookstores, museums and universities including...
Henrietta Lacks: Science must right a historical wrong
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with aggressive cervical cancer. She visited the John Hopkins Hospital where it was revealed that she had a large, malignant tumour on her cervix. She started undergoing radiation treatment: the only form of cancer treatment for...
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
What are tissue engineering and regenerative medicine? A mini bioengineered human liver that can be implanted into mice. Source: Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT Tissue engineering evolved from the field of biomaterials development and refers to the practice of...
What Is Neuralink: A Look At What It Is, What It Wants to Be, and What It Could Become – Kenny L.
When I first took science class in elementary school, we learned about the five senses. Maybe not far into the future, that information might be as outdated as the idea of nine planets in our solar system (sorry, Pluto). This might be thanks to Neuralink, a...
How To Turn Science Fiction Into Science Fact By Ramez Naam
George Church and Ramez Naam on the limitations of evolution, the power of matchmaking, and why we should send single-cell computers into deep space. George Church is a geneticist at Harvard Medical School, but that title undersells him. He is very much an engineer,...
‘It will change everything’: DeepMind’s AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures
Nature | Nov 2021 Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists. An artificial intelligence (AI) network developed by Google AI offshoot DeepMind has made a gargantuan leap in solving one of...