Faces by John R. Patrick
Faces by John R. Patrick Written: March 2023 Now that I have covered cats and dogs with machine learning, I will branch out to facial recognition of humans. Facial recognition is a technology capable of identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video camera. Facial recognition has […]
Cats and Dogs by John R. Patrick
Cats and Dogs Written: March 2023 In a Tom Friedman article on March 21, 2023, Tom quoted Craig Mundie, the former chief research and strategy officer for Microsoft, as saying artificial intelligence (AI), “is going to change everything about how we do everything. I think that it represents mankind’s greatest invention to date.” That is […]
What Healthcare Innovations Can We Expect in 2023? by John R. Patrick
What Healthcare Innovations Can We Expect in 2023? Written: March 2023 The American healthcare system needs some serious innovation to solve the many challenges it faces. High cost is preventing Americans from accessing the health care services they need. Preventable medical errors are having a negative impact on the quality of care. Staffing challenges and […]
Can AI Improve Stethoscopes? by John R. Patrick
Can AI Improve Stethoscopes? Written: March 2023 AI is becoming more and more prevalent in our business and personal lives. It is changing the world we live in at a rapid pace. I have observed over the past 50 years every new technology brings bad actors along with it. They immediately look for ways to […]
Is chatGPT Sentient? by John R. Patrick
Is chatGPT Sentient? by John R. Patrick Written: February 2023 The level of interest in AI and specifically chatGPT and similar AI tools is quite high. I plan to switch back to some important healthcare technologies but, for now, I hope I can help readers understand what is going on with AI. I will start […]