From anecdotes to AI tools, how doctors make medical decisions is evolving with technology
By: Aaron J. Masino, Associate Professor of Computing, Clemson University The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual clinicians toward a formal scientific discipline. The advent of evidence-based medicine meant clinicians identified the […]
Some people love to scare themselves in an already scary world − here’s the psychology of why
By: Sarah Kollat, Teaching Professor of Psychology, Penn State Fall for me as a teenager meant football games, homecoming dresses – and haunted houses. My friends organized group trips to the local fairground, where barn sheds were turned into halls of horror, and masked men nipped at our ankles with (chainless) chain saws as we […]
Could a recent ruling change the game for scam victims? Here’s why the banks will be watching closely
By: Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne and Nicola Howell, Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology In Australia, it’s scam victims who foot the bill for the overwhelming majority of the money lost to scams each year. A 2023 review by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found banks detected and […]
Class and race can create divides between donors and a cause they support − putting stress on those nonprofits
By: Abbie Cohen, PhD Candidate in Education, University of California, Los Angeles Relying on wealthy, largely white donors for funding can lead nonprofits that run after-school programs for low-income children of color to feel pressured to skew their priorities. In part because of class and racial differences, these nonprofits can have trouble conveying how the […]
Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually
By: Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable. Common themes are that AI is already here, it is indispensable, and people who are bearish on it harm themselves. […]
Preventive care is free by law, but many Americans get incorrectly billed − especially if you’re poor, a person of color or don’t have a college degree
By: Alex Hoagland, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of Toronto and Michal Horný, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst Even though preventive care is supposed to be free by law for millions of Americans thanks to the Affordable Care Act, many don’t receive recommended preventive services, especially racial and ethnic minorities and other at-risk patient […]
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