@mcuban I’m a primary care physician, and I like it, but worry about excessive “noise”. I’d like an AI that works more in background and contacts me only if it senses red flags. Thinking …
@AnilMakam Good at what?
Knowing answers is one thing. Doing things is another.
Mostly, though, I help people weigh priorities … not easy for AI, like the first two.
@drjohnm But it does get tricky, avoiding misunderstandings about the illness, downstream testing, etc. It's enough to get me to lose my religion about Medicine some days!
@drjohnm Look, I'm just trying to find "a thing" that motivates people to take more interest in ANY part of their health. If it's CAC, fine. Will that be a measurable mortality modifier? Nope. But it can improve a person's health -- in the right hands.
@drjohnm Well, you see a different population. I do sometimes use it as a motivator, but when I do, I try to emphasize the systemic (not anatomical) nature of the illness, as you do. People are strange and respond to all sorts of motivation.
@drjohnm Dose of weightlifting “per episode” can be overdosed
Weightlifting in general is never overdosed.
Body building is different, but also not “weightlifting”
I’ve never seen an 80 year old who was “just too jacked, man”
@drjohnm You’re thinking to “if-this-then-that” … which isn’t good medicine in the first place
I use it when I think it will open a path to talk to a person about risk in a way that opens their minds … not as a decision-maker for me
But I get where you’re coming from …
Most pronounced impact that is noticeable and reproducible for my wife and me is the immediate “minutes to hours” post lifting … anxiolytic, raises spirits, opens conversations. Pessimism turns to optimism and catastrophic thoughts are replaced by clear thinking. It’s freaky how reproducible it is.