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Controversial 'suicide pod' could potentially use AI-powered feature
The creator of a controversial "suicide pod" has revealed a new model which would allow two people to use it at the same time, with an AI-powered feature to do the psychological evaluation of the user. The Sarco Pod creator said the company thinks "a piece of software" could evaluate the patients better than a psychiatrist. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports on the controversial technology.
AI could replace doctors in life-and-death decisions - 'suicide...
The inventor of the controversial Sarco suicide pod, Philip Nitschke, said artificial intelligence could one day replace psychiatrists in assessing whether people seeking assisted dying are mentally capable of making the decision, Euronews reported on Thursday. The Sarco, short for sarcophagus, is a 3D-printed capsule designed for one person to enter, lie down, and press a button. The device rapidly reduces oxygen levels and fills the capsule wi…
The creator of one of the most controversial technologies in recent years has once again sparked heated debate. Philip Nitschke, the man behind the Sarco capsule that allows people to end their lives independently, believes that in the future, artificial intelligence should assess whether a person has the capacity to make such a decision. He believes that algorithms could replace psychiatrists. Furthermore, the right to decide one's own death sh…
Artificial intelligence is already everywhere. We have it available on mobile and on computers as well as in the apps and programs we use on a daily basis. Every time new uses of AI appear and it is even used to simply draw attention to consumers and interested customers. Recently we have seen game monitors that will allow us to make "traps" with AI and a couple of weeks ago OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health to assist us in health issues. Now we se…
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