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Our Brilliant Health Care System

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 20, 2023

Perfect! UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance company in the US, is allegedly using a deeply flawed AI algorithm to override doctors' judgments and wrongfully deny critical health coverage to elderly patients. This has resulted in patients being kicked out of rehabilitation programs and care facilities...

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Racism in AI

By Erik Loomis

On October 13, 2023

Like any scientific inquiry or technological innovation created by a racist society, the results are going to reinforce racism, reflect racism, and/or be used in ways that reinforces and reflects.

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AI & Job Loss

By Erik Loomis

On July 5, 2023

I have long been on record with concerns about the connections between artificial intelligence and massive job loss. That was the subject of my first New York Times op-ed. Some.

Worst. AI. Ever.

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 23, 2023

The one thing we were all hoping for from climate change was the end of ketchup. But now look at AI getting in the way of History. Alvarez’s version of assisted evolution relies on a simpler strategy. Instead of using genetic modification, which targets specific...

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A/I

By Erik Loomis

On May 17, 2023

My general thought about all the A/I stuff is that I am old enough that I don't have to care. It's true, there are issues. How do you manage a.

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The Times revises its policy about whether to publish stories based on hacked materials provided by ratfuckers again · July 5, 2025
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The Times revises its policy about whether to publish stories based on hacked materials provided by ratfuckers again · July 5, 2025
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ProbStat The hospital closings will happen quickly, and are already happening. Hospitals are fairly complex organizations that have people running them who have to balance budgets, make payroll, etc. These...
Say goodbye, it’s Independence Day · July 5, 2025