Altman v. Musk. Who Will Rule on “The Island of Accelerationalism?”

Mike Magee Has America turned into an “Island of Musk?” He seems to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. As Trump’s new best friend, he’s opened up the gates of Twitter-hell, morphed into a steady stream of crypto-cash, and demonstrated his dance moves alongside Trump at featured venues. He’s also launched “a robot […]

AI and The Future of American Medicine

Mike Magee MD (This paper is provided Open Source as a public service. It may be republished and distributed with proper attribution. Reading Time: 30 minutes.) The history of Medicine has always involved a clash between the human need for compassion, understanding, and partnership, and the rigors of scientific discovery and advancing technology. At […]

“Weird” – Culture and Technology and Politics Collide.

Mike Magee “It’s not what you said, it’s how you said it,” was an admonition I heard literally hundreds of times growing up. The source was my mother who majored in English and Drama at Rutgers. She was especially tuned in, not only to words and meaning, but also to volume, cadence, speed, and tone. […]

The AI Enhanced Personal Health Record – The Key That Unlocks The Door To Universal Health Care.

Mike Magee In a system that controls 1/5 of the U.S. GDP; one that in 2017 employed 16 non-clinical workers for every physician; and one that under-performs at every turn (most notably for women and children, the poor, and people of color); one would be hard pressed to identify a better target for AI-driven national […]

“Generative Pre-Trained Transformers” (GPT): An Historical Perspective.

Mike Magee Over the past year, the general popularization of AI or Artificial Intelligence has captured the world’s imagination. Of course, academicians often emphasize historical context. But entrepreneurs tend to agree with Thomas Jefferson who said, “I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” This particular dream however is all […]

Does AI Spell The Demise of Relationship Based Health Care?

Mike Magee “What exactly does it mean to augment clinical judgement…?” That’s the question that Stanford Law professor, Michelle Mello, asked in the second paragraph of a May, 2023 article in JAMA exploring the medical legal boundaries of large language model (LLM) generative AI. This cogent question triggered unease among the nation’s academic and clinical […]