Healthcare

24 Aug

AI is Here, There, and Everywhere: Let’s Talk About the Good, the Bad, and the Future

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Remember those sci-fi movies where robots took over the world? Well, we're not quite there yet, but AI is definitely making its presence felt. It's like that friend who's always popping up in unexpected places - from your smartphone's voice assistant to those eerily accurate recommendations on Netflix. It's pretty amazing, but it also raises some serious questions. The Ethical Minefield: Tread Carefully AI is a bit like a double-edged sword. It can do incredible things, but it can also cause harm if we're not careful: Bias and Discrimination: Imagine an AI system trained on biased data. It's like teaching…

30 Jun

Designing Healthcare Apps to Improve Lives

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Author: Debprotim Roy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Canvs App design as a trade has various counterparties and reviewers. Often app designers make things to impress each other while all along finding themselves looking to fill the gaping hole left behind by the lack of impactful work. Designers often find themselves pining for work that has a tangible impact on the lives of users. A user coming up to a product designer and telling her how their work simplified their lives is a much more revered accomplishment and compliment than a hundred re-tweets from Design Twitter. One such impactful domain…