Hsieh Forbes Column: When Medical AI Performs Better Than Human Doctors

My latest Forbes column is now out: "When Medical AI Performs Better Than Human Doctors"

Hub Motor Update

"Donut Lab and the electric motors everyone has been talking about". (Via H.R.)

Whale Language

"Whales communicate with a 'language-like' structure similar to humans"

US Gold

"What to know about Fort Knox's gold depository that Musk wants audited"

Young People Taking Classes To Learn How To Make Phone Calls

"Gen Z battling with phone anxiety are taking telephobia courses to learn the lost art of a call"

"They’ve [Gen Z] just simply not had the opportunity for making and receiving telephone calls. It is not the main function of their phones these days, they can do anything on the phone, but we automatically default to texting, voice notes, and anything except actually using a telephone for its original intended purpose, and so people have lost that skill," she explained...

The session involves practicing a series of scenarios where you have to make a phone call, for example, calling the doctors to make an appointment, calling in sick to work, and other everyday scenarios. The pupils are expected to sit back to back to mimic a regular phone call where they can’t see the person on the other end and practice by using scripts. 

Baxter said attending just one session boosts pupils’ confidence because it demystifies how phone calls really work.

Burning In Legs

Ars Technica: "Burning in woman's legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain". (Via Gus Van Horn.)

Asteroid Danger Lessened

"Additional Observations Continue to Reduce Chance of Asteroid Impact in 2032"

Observations made overnight on Feb. 19 - 20 of asteroid 2024 YR4 have further decreased its chance of Earth impact on Dec. 22, 2032, to 0.28%. NASA’s planetary defense teams will continue to monitor the asteroid to improve our predictions of the asteroid’s trajectory. With this new data, the chance of an impact with the Moon increased slightly to 1%.

Intergalatic X-Ray Flash

"Strange X-ray flash from beyond the Milky Way perplexes scientists"

Math Prodigy

"India's 'Human Calculator Kid' Shatters 6 World Records in a Single Day". (Via H.R.)

Apple Vs. UK Update

"Apple pulls encryption feature from UK over government spying demands"

Dune Chronological Reading Order

"How to Read All 23 'Dune' Books in Chronological Order"

Developing The Calculator App

"What I'm about to tell you is the greatest calculator app development story ever told."

AI Vs. Human Mistakes

"AI Mistakes Are Very Different From Human Mistakes"

Meta Cable

"Meta plans globe-spanning sub-sea internet cable". 

According to the company's press release: 

Once complete, the project will reach five major continents and span over 50,000 km (longer than the Earth’s circumference), making it the world’s longest subsea cable project using the highest-capacity technology available.

 

Unappreciated Progress

"We Live Like Royalty and Don't Know It". (Via J.C.)