Re:Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data
by pavel_lishin on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:35PM
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> Why should I lift a finger to help for-profit entities when they will not do the same to help me?
But if releasing your data leads to research that can save lives, isn't that worth doing even if someone gets rich in the process? I'd much rather there exist a million-dollar treatment that can save my life at the cost of living in debt for the next twenty years, rather than die in six months because the research was never done.
(Yes, this is a false dichotomy - there should be a better way of administering treatments and doing medical research.)
But if releasing your data leads to research that can save lives, isn't that worth doing even if someone gets rich in the process? I'd much rather there exist a million-dollar treatment that can save my life at the cost of living in debt for the next twenty years, rather than die in six months because the research was never done.
(Yes, this is a false dichotomy - there should be a better way of administering treatments and doing medical research.)