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> Now imagine your doctor is using an AI model to do the reading. The model says you have a problem with your “basilar ganglia,” [basal meaning at the base, ganglia meaning clusters of neuron cells: neuron clusters at the base of the brain] conflating the two names into an area of the brain that [D]oes [N]ot [E]xist[!] [Dramatic, serious stare into the camera.] You’d hope your doctor would catch the mistake and double-check the scan. But there’s a chance they don’t. [And that brings us to the emergency room, where you are now, a forty-nine software developer presenting with a psychotic obsession for fact-checking everything you read on the Internet.]




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