[Sigia-l] TMI - and expert-level knowledge

[John O'Donovan-INTERNET]

It's an interesting theory. The approach raises complex ethical points
as well. 

Rules based systems (often called Expert Systems or Knowledge Based
Systems) with specific knowledge of a problem are often used in
medicine. MYCIN was one of the first systems to take this approach. Some
background here...

http://www.bcsnsg.org.uk/itin08/darling.htm

So are we starting to consider doctors under pressure as logical,
decision making machines that have to work on rules based deduction from
a set of limited information?

Much as a machine has no ability to empathise with the situation, in
this context, Doctors are also not given much time for empathy either. 

There is a delicate balance between knowing when you need more
information or less...probably the most complex decision to make in a
decision making approach based on this theory would be to know when to
not use it and ask for more information.

jod

-----Original Message-----

So it's really not necessarily the nature of the info but how that info
is contextualized and applied in highly compressed circumstances. 

Ziya
Nullius in Verba 


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