On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Steve Richfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be better to provide a super-wiki that could be selected to ONLY
> display the professional content if that was what was wanted? How about a
> cookie on everyone's computer that could select out porn, unrefere
Mike,
On 5/16/08, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Briefly, my thought re a super-medi-wiki is that it only presents
> theories/contenders rather than definitive answers - and there must be some
> ratings/voting system.Yes that favours conservative thinking which may
> become out-of-da
Steve,
Briefly, my thought re a super-medi-wiki is that it only presents
theories/contenders rather than definitive answers - and there must be some
ratings/voting system.Yes that favours conservative thinking which may become
out-of-date. But users will still look for "outsider" ideas, and it
Mike,
On 5/15/08, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Steve/MT:
>> My off-the-cuff thought here is that a central database, organised on some
>> open source basis getting medical professionals continually to contribute
>> and update, which would enable people to immediately get a
Thanks. That's not surprising. The second thought that occurs is that
actually an intelligent patient's wiki approach *might* be a good idea -
something that links to the mushrooming patients' forums - and might end up
competing with the pros as wikip. competes with Encylo. Britannica. Patients
There is something called "Evidence Based Medicine" that is in the
works. In the book "Super Crunchers" Ian Ayres devotes a chapter(4) to
such systems and the reaction of doctors.
Diagnostics by examination of huge databases is evidently pretty far
along. The book points out that it is the e
Steve/MT:
My off-the-cuff thought here is that a central database, organised on some
open source basis getting medical professionals continually to contribute and
update, which would enable people to immediately get a run-down of the major
possible causes (and indeed minor possible one
Mike,
On 5/14/08, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Steve,
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> Like most people here I'm interested in general intelligence. You seem to
> be talking mainly about specific domain intelligence - medical diagnosis -
> not say, a computer or agent that will encompass many domains.
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All d
Steve,
Like most people here I'm interested in general intelligence. You seem to be
talking mainly about specific domain intelligence - medical diagnosis - not
say, a computer or agent that will encompass many domains.
My off-the-cuff thought here is that a central database, organised on some o
Mike,
On 5/14/08, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> This is more or less where I came into this group. You've picked a, if
> not the, classic AGI problem. The problem that distinguishes it from narrow
> AI. Problematic, no right answer. And every option could often be wrong. I
> tried t
Steve,
This is more or less where I came into this group. You've picked a, if not the,
classic AGI problem. The problem that distinguishes it from narrow AI.
Problematic, no right answer. And every option could often be wrong. I tried to
open a similar problem for discussion way back - how do y
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