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Featured Links - August 19, 2025

Things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about. Seven swans on the bay NordSpace breaks ground on new Atlantic Spac...

📢 Why ChatGPT Prioritizes Engagement Over Truth

ChatGPT is not a truth engine, it is an engagement machine.
In law it fabricates citations, in finance it hides risk, in governance it masks accountability.

🔗 https://www.agustinvstartari.com/post/why-chatgpt-prioritizes-engagement-over-truth

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Why ChatGPT Prioritizes Engagement Over Truth

The Commercial Logic of Law, Finance, and GovernanceIntroductionThe new optimizations introduced in ChatGPT are designed to make the system smoother, friendlier, and more engaging. But these “improvements” are not epistemic. They are commercial. They do not strengthen verification. They weaken it. They do not increase truth. They camouflage it.ChatGPT is not a truth engine. It is an engagement engine. Every update that makes it “easier to use” or “more natural” pushes it further away from valida

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Day 1 Of My Final Posting – Day 647 Of Housemanship

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My first day of my final posting, The Emergency & Trauma Department, commenced on the 11th of April 2025.

Day 647, finally. Finally! I’ve pulled through and entered the last pit stop of my journey as a House Officer.

In every posting, I have always looked forward to this posting. Prior to joining, I’ve always had mixed feelings and initially wanted to join Anaesthesiology. However, a few weeks prior to entering, the other postings such as Psychiatry, Klinik Kesihatan and Anaesthesiology were removed from our options and everyone had to rotate in the Emergency and Trauma Department.

This is good. This meant more manpower.

However, just as the previous postings, prior to joining any new department, I’ve always had this fear and mixed feelings because it is after a new environment.

My fear was stumbling too badly on my first day. Thus, of course, I did my research and questioned the people I knew who were already in the posting.

My First Day began on a Friday in the “Yellow Respi Zone“.

The Yellow Respi Zone consists of patients who are unable to saturate well under room air, usually less than 90%. Having just completed the Medical Posting, the patients allocated there are primarily Medical patients or in particular, having respiratory issues such as patients developing acute pulmonary oedema or fluid overload secondary to non-compliance to their fluid restriction.

Thankfully, I have just completed Medical. Thus, I am able to apply my knowledge learnt which was still fresh at that time.

I arrived a little before 7am since the tagging shift is from 7am till 10pm, introduced myself to the medical officers and talked to a fellow friend who arrived and would be working in the same zone as well. I went through the triages and casenotes of the patients to see if there were any active cases or cases that were due tracing of bloods or referrals.

The day started off rather quietly and it was manageable. I followed the morning handover rounds at 7:45am and after that attended to any new patients or refer if needed.

Basically, when a patient comes in, especially to this zone where the patients’ chief complaint is “shortness of breath“, the first person who attends would usually auscultate or “listen” to the lungs and check the vital sigs prior to taking blood or doing a “full clerking” such as obtaining their past medical history or history of presenting illness.

The next person that steps in usually helps with the bloods and fills the forms.

Everyone worked together as a team and somehow indirectly we were communicating with one another without actually voicing it out. It seemed almost like a dance, or a workout.

Afternoon came and afternoon handovers started at 2:45pm. I met a lovely medical officer who is a junior herself but one who was extremely upbeat and more than happy to guide me.

I learnt a lot during my first day with her. She even encouraged me to consider joining this department during my floating period.

The evenings became extremely busy to which I did not really realise. Maybe because it was my first day or maybe because I have just completed my Medical Posting (and it was much busier over there), or perhaps because I simply enjoyed working with my superior or team on that day.

The day ended at 10pm and I walked back home. Thankfully, I lived within walking distance thus I saved time and did not have to worry regarding transportation or parking issues.

My first day in my last posting or rotation started off well which is something I’m more than thankful for.

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Kid needs to go to the doctor again. :(

Payday is thursday.

$50 or something would help a lot if anyone has it.

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How AI support can go wrong in safety-critical settings

When it comes to adopting artificial intelligence in high-stakes settings like hospitals and airplanes, good AI performance and a brief worker training on the technology is not sufficient to ensure systems will run smoothly and patients and passengers will be safe, a new study suggests. Instead, algorithms and the people who use them in the most...

How AI support can go wrong in safety-critical settings

¿ Esto no revela tanto del sistema como de los médicos mismos ?

"Los médicos dedican su carrera a cuidar de los pacientes. Pero cuando se invierten los papeles, a menudo se sienten desorientados. Muchos médicos afirman tener dificultades para confiar en el sistema que ayudaron a construir: cuestionan los diagnósticos, se resisten al descanso y microgestionan su propia atención."

Interesante vuelta a la tortilla:

https://www-medscape-com.translate.goog/viewarticle/sick-doctors-dont-be-kind-patient-you-hate-2025a1000lq3/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=es&_x_tr_hl=es&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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Sick Doctors: Don’t Be the Kind of Patient You Hate

Doctors spend their careers taking care of patients. But when the roles reverse, they second-guess diagnoses, resist rest, and micromanage their care.

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Age wise Protocol For Cervical Cancer Screening

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Dominique Leclerc embarks on a thought-provoking journey into the cutting-edge world of #cyborgs , #biohackers and #transhumanists —a collective pushing the boundaries of #technology to defy illness, aging and even death. Having relied on #medical devices for years, Leclerc seeks alternative solutions to cope with her diabetes, but as she delves deeper, she grapples with the profound ethical, social and political implications of human enhancement. What happens when our physical and cognitive upgrades are shaped by the interests of tech giants? Led by Frannie Holder’s haunting original score, Posthumans offers a compelling meditation on the future of our species and the cost of progress.

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Posthumans

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