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I’m a medical oncologist. Here’s why A.I. isn’t going to cure cancer.

As a cancer physician, the amount of data I obtain on my patients is ever-increasing, along with options for cancer therapies. This is, as the saying goes, a good problem to have, but the amount of data management oncologists must do after hours (because there isn’t enough time in the clinic day) to keep up with the deluge of input contributes to burnout.

Many things keep oncologists up at night, but chief among them is the constant rethinking about our patients, “Could I have done something ...

Reflections on Pub Day! Ten days later

My debut novel, The Algorithm Will See You Now, released to the world ten days ago! And I didn’t post about it on my blog until now!

Something I can now look back on and realize was mainly due to life happening and the world not standing still for my book launch (the audacity!), but specifically:

Turning in my final manuscript of book two to my publisher just four days ahead of release date for AlgorithmSustaining a freak head injury at home three days before that, yet insisting to m...

Release Day! Book trailer!

It's release day for The Algorithm Will See You Now! My awesome and talented husband made a video book trailer for me! I'm very excited to share it with readers. View it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJKfl...

Read an excerpt of my book, The Algorithm Will See You Now

Quick post today to let you know that over on medmic.com, you can read an excerpt of my book!

The Algorithm Will See You Now is a speculative thriller exploring the use of AI in healthcare. It releases on March 2nd, but you can still snag a preorder on Amazon or Black Rose Writing.

And if you join my newsletter list now, you can get a 15% off discount code for preorders!

Here’s what people are saying about the book:

Advance praise forTHE ALGORITHM WILL SEE YOU NOW:

“I’ve bee...

From a chatbot in love to using AI to talk to animals – this week’s AI roundup

Algorithm Anarchist* – week of 2/16/23

It’s been a busy week of AI in the news! Let’s dive right in:

1. A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled

Kevin Roose, technology columnist in The New York Times, wrote today about his interaction with Bing’s new chatbot, “Sydney.” His takeaway:

“It’s now clear to me that in its current form, the A.I. that has been built into Bing — which I’m now calling Sydney, for reasons I’ll explain shortly — is not ready for human contac...

Algorithm Anarchist – week of February 9, 2023

A weekly roundup of AI algorithms in the news

Greetings readers! In my upcoming speculative thriller, The Algorithm Will See You Now, there’s a podcaster who dubs herself the “Algorithm Anarchist.” She’s trying to get the world to see the truth about Big Medicine conglomerate “PRIMA” — Prognostic Intelligent Medical Algorithms (but no spoilers).

So I thought it might be fun to start a weekly blogpost rounding up interesting articles on AI algorithms in the news in our current reality. What...

National Women Physicians Day 2023

Today, February 3, 2023, is National Women Physicians Day!

To recognize the day, I thought it would be fun to put together a roundup of my favorite blog posts on Women In Medicine over the past two years.

1. Gendered Expectations of Physician Accessibility

My reflection on how my daily clinic experience is vastly different from that of many of my male counterparts.

“Patients didn’t hold it against my male colleagues for not answering their emails. ‘He’s just too busy,’ was a c...

Goodreads Giveaway!

Today marks one month until the release of my book, The Algorithm Will See You Now, into the world!

To celebrate, I’m doing a giveaway on Goodreads! I’ll be giving away 10 signed paperback copies of the book!

The giveaway will be open for the month of February.

Advance praise for The Algorithm Will See You Now:

“I’ve been waiting for a book like this: a full-frontal assault on the dangers of artificial intelligence and the failures of our mangled health care system, all wrapped up in...

2022 Roundup: Top 5 most read blog posts of 2022 — and my top 5 favorites

I haven’t done one of these year-end round-ups before, but given 2022 marked the five year anniversary of the blog, it seemed a good year to start.

For each post, I’ve selected a favorite passage to highlight (different from the preview passage you’ll see on the home page).

First, the top five most read blog posts of 2022 (as determined by Google analytics):

1. Is Resentment the Ugly Stepsister to Perfectionism? Why Challenging Patients Can Trigger Resentment in Doctors and Nurses...

If the hospital CEO emailed employees like Twitter’s CEO

(hashtag satire, y’all)

To: [Group: all employees]

From: Office of the CEO

Subject: A fork in the road

Going forward, we will need to be extremely hardcore to streamline a restructured Health care 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly diseased world. This will mean working even longer hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will justify a new N95 mask each week.

Health care will also be much more profit-driven. Physicians and nurses will still be very important and ...