AI in Society

AI in Society encompasses the widespread effects of artificial intelligence systems on everyday life, public institutions, labor markets and civic infrastructure. Truncated covers policy debates, ethics research, socioeconomic impacts, labor shifts and regulatory developments.

Monday 2 November

What Does Modern Healthcare Look Like In The Age Of AI?

AI-generated summary Dan Riskin released a peer-reviewed Pragmatic Registry of patients with moderate-to-severe asthma by applying advanced artificial intelligence to key clinical concepts sampled and measured for accuracy against clinician review. Applying this level of rigor to healthcare data ensures that artificial intelligence can learn safely from routine patient experiences and help improve the standard of care.

Replacing workers with AI? You may come to regret it: Gartner warns 30% of employees who’ve been laid off because of the technology will be rehired by 2029 – and at a far higher cost to the business

Tech layoffs concept image showing dismissed workers with boxes full of work materials leaving through open doors while others enter.

AI-generated summary Gartner reports that organizations have launched AI-driven workforce reductions that may lead to future rehiring decisions. Gartner says that by 2029 around 30% of employees who were terminated and replaced by AI will be rehired at a greater cost to the enterprise.

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Sunday 1 November

Saturday 31 October

Medicare used AI to pre-approve patient care, and it immediately led to a large drop in medical services

AI-generated summary A new Medicare pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to pre-approve patient care has launched in several states including New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Washington state. The study found that the program immediately led to a significant drop in medical services provided to the approximately 6.4 million enrolled Americans after the venture started in January.