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Book page / report excerpt (house oversight committee production)
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Summary
This document is page 14 of a larger text (possibly a book or report titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?') included in a House Oversight Committee production. The text discusses the philosophical and practical differences between human and computer intelligence, specifically regarding 'knowledge engineering.' It details the creation of 'ISABEL,' a clinical diagnosis software developed by the parents of Isabel Maude and computer scientists after the child suffered a near-fatal misdiagnosis of meningitis. While the document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp, the visible text contains no direct references to Jeffrey Epstein or his associates.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Isabel Maude | Patient/Inspiration |
A little girl who suffered misdiagnosis and organ failure, inspiring the creation of the ISABEL diagnostic system.
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| Parents of Isabel Maude | Founders/Creators |
Created the ISABEL system in collaboration with computer scientists after their daughter's misdiagnosis.
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| Mozart | Historical Reference |
Referenced in a metaphor about computer creativity and capability.
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| Computer Scientists | Developers |
Collaborated with Isabel Maude's parents to build the expert system.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document production (indicated by Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015704).
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| ISABEL |
A clinical diagnosis program designed to help ER doctors.
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| House |
TV series mentioned as a dramatization of the diagnostic process.
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Timeline (2 events)
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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General location where Isabel Maude was treated and where the software is designed to be used.
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Relationships (2)
Text refers to 'Her parents'.
They got together with some computer scientists and built the expert system 'ISABEL'.
Key Quotes (4)
"This is the crux of the modern scientific debate: do humans think differently?"Source
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"ISABEL is a clinical diagnosis program designed to help ER doctors quickly diagnose critical patients."Source
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"Her parents realized there was something wrong with the ER triage process."Source
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"if you’ve ever watched the TV series House it gives a great dramatization of the process."Source
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14 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
moments – so we have packed them with diagnostic monitoring systems.
These systems allow us to watch a computer think and, since they think
symbolically, we can easily read their minds.
Unfortunately computers don’t display many human-like thoughts.
They don’t laugh and cry, they don’t report consciousness and they don’t
appear to exercise free will or display creative impulses. This is frustrating
because these are the thoughts we would most like to study. It might be
that computers are not yet powerful enough, and in another few years
they will be giving Mozart a run for his money. But there may also be
a fundamental difference which renders them incapable of this sort of
thinking. This is the crux of the modern scientific debate: do humans
think differently?
These systems allow us to watch a computer think and, since they think
symbolically, we can easily read their minds.
Unfortunately computers don’t display many human-like thoughts.
They don’t laugh and cry, they don’t report consciousness and they don’t
appear to exercise free will or display creative impulses. This is frustrating
because these are the thoughts we would most like to study. It might be
that computers are not yet powerful enough, and in another few years
they will be giving Mozart a run for his money. But there may also be
a fundamental difference which renders them incapable of this sort of
thinking. This is the crux of the modern scientific debate: do humans
think differently?
Computer Brains
On the face of it, humans and computers behave very differently. Our
memories are poor, but we understand things. We are creative, but bad
at mathematics. We learn by example, computers are programmed.
We are emotional, impulsive and appear to have free will. Computers
are ordered, predictable, but lack common sense. Both humans and
computers appear to be physical, discrete systems. We both take inputs,
generate outputs and are capable of solving similar problems. Indeed,
each time we examine a problem solved by humans we usually find we
can automate it. This is known as ‘knowledge engineering’ and there are
many examples; from aerospace to finance, and architecture to medicine.
An example of where computers excel is in medical diagnosis.
ISABEL is a clinical diagnosis program designed to help ER doctors
quickly diagnose critical patients. It was created by the parents of Isabel
Maude, a little girl who presented with multiple symptoms to an ER unit.
Doctors were initially confused by the symptoms and misdiagnosed
her condition. She was later diagnosed with meningitis. Isabel suffered
multiple organ failure but survived. Her parents realized there was
something wrong with the ER triage process. They got together with
some computer scientists and built the expert system ‘ISABEL’. When
ER doctors are presented with symptoms, they must mentally scan a vast
array of literature to rule in and out possible diagnoses. The problem-
solving process is not linear; if you’ve ever watched the TV series House
it gives a great dramatization of the process. Certain symptoms might
suggest a diagnosis but are not conclusive, and there are many paths to
explore. Programmers have taken the heuristic rules from many doctors
and codified them into software. ISABEL allows a doctor to input a set
On the face of it, humans and computers behave very differently. Our
memories are poor, but we understand things. We are creative, but bad
at mathematics. We learn by example, computers are programmed.
We are emotional, impulsive and appear to have free will. Computers
are ordered, predictable, but lack common sense. Both humans and
computers appear to be physical, discrete systems. We both take inputs,
generate outputs and are capable of solving similar problems. Indeed,
each time we examine a problem solved by humans we usually find we
can automate it. This is known as ‘knowledge engineering’ and there are
many examples; from aerospace to finance, and architecture to medicine.
An example of where computers excel is in medical diagnosis.
ISABEL is a clinical diagnosis program designed to help ER doctors
quickly diagnose critical patients. It was created by the parents of Isabel
Maude, a little girl who presented with multiple symptoms to an ER unit.
Doctors were initially confused by the symptoms and misdiagnosed
her condition. She was later diagnosed with meningitis. Isabel suffered
multiple organ failure but survived. Her parents realized there was
something wrong with the ER triage process. They got together with
some computer scientists and built the expert system ‘ISABEL’. When
ER doctors are presented with symptoms, they must mentally scan a vast
array of literature to rule in and out possible diagnoses. The problem-
solving process is not linear; if you’ve ever watched the TV series House
it gives a great dramatization of the process. Certain symptoms might
suggest a diagnosis but are not conclusive, and there are many paths to
explore. Programmers have taken the heuristic rules from many doctors
and codified them into software. ISABEL allows a doctor to input a set
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