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The Future of AI: Optimism, Pessimism, and What Lies Ahead The Future of AI: Hype or Revolutionary Change?

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According to my AI assistant,

"Yes, artificial intelligence is often marketed in an overly optimistic manner, with companies promoting it as a revolutionary solution while downplaying its limitations and potential risks. This hype can lead to misconceptions about AI ... and its role in society."

Fitness Meets AI: Transforming the Industry From Within Artificial intelligence (AI) has already fundamentally changed the fitness and wellness industry. Athletech News breaks down how.

"Many anticipate AI’s impact on the fitness industry to be profound, possibly triggering a paradigm shift, and changing the way we deliver and receive health and wellness information and content."

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AI 2027 A research-backed AI scenario forecast.

Would you like this as your personal healthcare assistant?

"We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial Revolution."

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https://telecareaware.com/ Telehealth and Telecare News since 2005

"Optum buys naviHealth for reported $1 billion".

UnitedHealthCare ownes Optum and spent $1B acquiring nH Predict. Personal Digital Health monitoring watches, rings, scales, ... and Hexoskins have been around for a decade. Many have FDA approval.

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Now consider the alternative investment in technology which monitors the patient's health status evidence in real time and feeds this to a machine learning AI integrated with the same ~10M patient heath records used to train nH Predict. All standard and available technology, some assembly required.

Denial—Artificial Intelligence Tools and Health Insurance Coverage Decisions This JAMA Forum discusses the potential and the pitfalls in the use of artificial intelligence in the coverage decisions made by health insurance companies.

"Algorithms are a product of humans making choices about how to optimize predictions. Optimization decisions encode the creators’ values and incentives, which we cannot assume (especially for insurers) prioritize patients’ well-being ... ."

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So has anything changed?
The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has intensified scrutiny and criticism of the nH Predict AI algorithm, alleged to have a high error rate in denying claims, potentially influencing future decisions regarding the use of such algorithms.

Class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth's AI claim denials advances A federal judge has dismissed five out of seven counts in a class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group but will allow it to continue, with the suit claiming that UHG, UnitedHealthcare and naviHea...

The late Brian Thompson's legacy, murder for profit through technology investment:

"... the use of AI to evaluate claims for post-acute care resulted in denials, which ... led to worsening health for the patients and in some cases resulted in death."

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I think we need an island of ethical commitment in the information technology field. Our enthusiasm for surveillance is directly proportional to our lack of trust for each other and for the users of our products. Building trust requires agreement on ethics before designing anything.

"Moral community depends on trust. Trust is very hard to come by under current conditions. Since everyone is suspect, and almost everyone benefits from some form of oppression, a logic of policing develops- or if you like, moralism over morale."

They keep their people compliant by making them feel superior while using their "religion" as a cover for whatever suits them.

Do you believe that white, ostensibly Christian culture in the U.S. is superior? I've done numerous philosophy and religious studies showing it is merely a shallow means of crowd control.

Understanding Luigi Mangione What I can glean and guess at

Luigi Mangione's motives respecting the health care establishment, being a tech optimist, must include frustration with his own field. My position is that the accepted practices of tech companies conflict with reasonable, published ethical standards.

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Code of Ethics IEEE Computer Society and ACM have established a joint task force on software engineering ethics. Read through the best practices.

Here's the official code of ethics adopted by the organization:

"Software engineers shall commit themselves to making the analysis, specification, design, development, testing and maintenance of software a beneficial and respected profession."

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"I still think about the amazing circle of friends and family you have that have willingly spoken out on your good character and kind soul to fight the media’s false portrayal of you. It’s truly heartwarming and I can’t imagine how much of a light you were in their lives that encouraged them ... 💚"

"I want to echo Support from Canada's sentiments. It truly does say so much that this campaign is still going strong. Every day supporters are trying their best to brainstorm different ways to help increase donations in whatever ways possible. It shows that we're still here and we will be until ..."

"Dear Luigi, Sorry for being late on my daily donation today, I had a 5 hour surgery today, I’m feeling under the weather but I’m still here and I haven’t forgotten you. The whole world loves you. #FreeLuigiNOW 💚🍏"

"He who saves his country does not violate the law." -The President. The health insurance industry knowingly and intentionally sentences thousands of Americans to death every year, but Luigi is who the want to put down? F*ck this industry, F*ck this justice system,... We're with you Luigi.

"Hope Luigi and everyone reading this has a wonderful day. I am fundraising for animal shelters on his behalf as it’s a cause he enjoyed supporting. Please consider supporting the Baltimore Animal Rescue .... I want him to know he has so much positive impact on the world outside of his environment."

"Luigi, today is the first day of October. It was a beautiful fall day. I hope you were able to get some fresh air. Praying you may soon be free and be able to enjoy the changing of the seasons.💚 💚 💚"

"let the ruling classes tremble before our revolution. the proletariat has nothing to lose but their chains. we have a world to win. workers of the world unite."

Luigi Mangione Official Legal Fund for all 3 Cases Luigi and his team are accepting the funds which will be disbursed to Luigi’s attorneys who will be handling the extensive expenses associated with the legal...

Read some of the comments that donors to Luigi Mangione's defense fund have made. They clearly communicate expectations regarding his motive. He, of course, can't make any statement since that would imply he did it.

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"Secure your AI operations without slowing performance. Discover, detect, and protect your AI applications, models, and sensitive data, and defend against risks from third-party and shadow AI apps."

Cisco Network Security Community Discussions Cisco Community is your destination to engage in discussion forums and access valuable tools such as knowledge articles, webinars and product adoption resources

AI can be used to secure any online service, including those using AI:

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Wikipedia's elimination of advertiser influence over trusted content doesn't appeal to the social engineers aligning behavior and belief to benefit their economic interests.

Social media technology using algorithms for interaction management, or social management, accumulates power over the customer and thereby profit? User controlled searching ist verboten.

Understanding Donor Behavior: Insights for Increasing Engagement and Charitable Giving As economic pressures challenge charitable giving, a new YCCI study reveals the critical role of understanding donor motivations to better connect with supporters and drive meaningful contributions.

Charitable giving, like that to the Luigi Mangione legal defense fund, binds the recipient to the donor's intentions respecting use of the money. If the donor is mislead regarding the merits or intentions of the recipient, e.g. respecting the public interest ...

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Here's an example paragraph of a privacy policy from a file manager application I installed, File Manager Plus from ALPHAINVENTOR. The commercial data economy is reflected. Your data could be going anywhere, and with AI warehouse accumulations, like Palantir, it can be used to identify you: