Healthcare AI isn't going to decrease the need for humans. Oncologists at the University of Pennsylvania used an AI tool to predict patients' chances of death.
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A routine tech checkup revealed the algorithm decayed during the covid-19 pandemic, getting 7 percentage points worse at predicting who would die, according to a 2022 study.
...the tool failed hundreds of times to prompt doctors to initiate that important discussion — possibly heading off unnecessary chemotherapy — with patients who needed it.
“Everybody thinks that AI will help us with our access and capacity and improve care and so on,” said Nigam Shah, chief data scientist at Stanford Health Care. “All of that is nice and good, but if it increases the cost of care by 20%, is that viable?”
What are the highest performing batteries in 2025? Surprisingly, not Energizer or Duracell. They are Chinese batteries (BlinkPower, Tipsun, Bonai and Powerowl). Duracell makes a decent alkaline battery, but lithiums outperform.
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JetPens has their annual review of the best pens for 2025. Seems like what they recommended for 2024. The Pilot G2 is still the most versatile pen. The Sarasa Dry isn't bad, but doesn't write well on Post-It notes.
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Emmanuel Mignot wins Breakthrough Prize for discovering cause of narcolepsy. Not surprising, since it was the discovery of modafinil that led to this, since the drug works through orexins, and is used to treat narcolepsy.
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Reddit is now using a fake AI user called Astral to supply subreddit posts. This isn't why people use Reddit. The new CEO is turning his product into trash.
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