Ask HN: AI “white mirror” – what are some inspiring future visions you've seen?

Re:Ask HN: AI “white mirror” – what are some inspiring futur... by jedberg on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:12PM (#34776468)

AI diagnosing disease better than any one doctor can. If we could build a model with a normalized dataset of everyone's medical history, we could catch a lot of diseases early. Especially if we encourage people to report even minor symptoms when they have it.

Imagine for example that everyone who gets diagnosed with pancreatic cancer reported repeated congestion of the left nostril three years before diagnosis. It's unlikely any doctor would ever make that connection, but an AI could, and then suggest regular pancreatic cancer screening to people reporting frequent left nostril congestion.

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Re:Ask HN: AI “white mirror” – what are some inspiring futur... by balaji1 on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:41PM (#34777067)

Lots of comments think health could be transformed for the better.

I wish AI would help detect, eradicate and replace toxic artificial materials around us. It only impacts health in the second-order or more. And they would need to be significantly incorporated down the supply-chain. But it is necessary.

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Re:Ask HN: AI “white mirror” – what are some inspiring futur... by notmindthegap on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:15PM (#34776530)

Agreed overall, but my concern about this is further alienating people on the margins with symptoms that don't fit into accepted disease frameworks.

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Re:Ask HN: AI “white mirror” – what are some inspiring futur... by jedberg on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:16PM (#34776570)

There are many problems with the plan, and lots of guardrails would need to be added, but this was supposed to be a hopeful post of a future in which those problems are solved. :)

But you bring up a generally good point. Since AI magnifies what is already happening, at least in the short term we should expect it to increase marginalization of those outside the mainstream.

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