Synthetic clincal data is increasingly being used because it is simpler to generate than getting real clinical data. And oversight boards think it's safe because it doesn't use real PHI, and therefore ethics review is not necessary. But is that really true? It may be possible that traceable data can be found if the synthesis is not done properly.
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India's tech economy is being gutted, due to AI replacing lower-tier jobs. The dreams of many are evaporating. This will impact America's tech industry as well, since it has depended on the availability of such cheap outsourceable labor. Bad timing, bros.
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As I predicted, the South Koreans are halting U.S. investments as a result of ICE wrongfully raiding the Georgia Hyundai plant, suspecting illegals. The State department apologized but the damage has been done.
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Japan has more centenarians than ever before. Or do they? Could it also be bad recordkeeping?
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Colleges are about to see a big drop in enrollment. Probably just as well. College is no longer the "good investment" it used to be. A lot of kids seem to be just becoming activists and little else. And going into massive debt, because no one wants to pay for what they have to offer.
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Why is Taiwan the poorest of developed countries? Reminds me of India. So many brainy people working themselves to death. Yet they have very few billionaires. And the country has that bleak urban vibe. Somebody is getting rich, that's for sure. That's why it costs so much to live there. But it ain't the vast majority of workers. And fertility is very low, understandably.
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California is going to implement age verification. All the big tech companies are in support. But it sounds weak and easily bypassable.
It also doesn’t mandate photo ID uploads — a controversial feature that sparked outrage from privacy advocates when the United Kingdom implemented age-gating rules earlier this summer. Instead, Wicks’ bill asks parents to input their kids’ ages when setting up a smartphone, tablet or laptop; groups users into one of four age brackets; and sends their age info to apps like Facebook and Instagram.Is that it?
Scientists Have Summoned a Massless Demon Particle. Popular Mechanics is different from when I grew up. They should rename if Popular Quantum Mechanics.
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Seattle is losing their Blue Ribbon Program. The program reward schools "that have successfully narrowed academic gaps between student groups." Of course, Seattle's strategy has been to get rid of gifted students' programs and promote the lowest quintile. But it's so easy to game the system. Narrowing gaps shouldn't have been the goal. How about just raising everybody?
And in Portland, the Reynolds School District is facing tough times. Lots of layoffs, while senior employees get raises. That's the public sector!
The West Coast Health Alliance, formed to be the vaccine voice of the western Blue states, looks like it might be led by Dean Sidelinger, the bow-tied dude that directed Oregon's insane COVID-19 policy. I had thought he was gone for good, but like a bad penny, he's turned up again. So are we going to have to mask up again, Dean? Six-feet distancing? Plexiglas shields? Stickers on the floor? Fire doctors and nurses who won't get boosters?
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