There are well researched, well reviewed and well practised health information sources in medical textbooks. These are referred to and tested by the millions of human health professionals that use them. The continued professional employment and income of the professional depends on the veracity of the textbooks. These seem a good source of reference for the public if AI can simplify the language to the literacy level of the users. (We know the literacy level of all school leavers in the UK but don't currently export them to lifelong health records.)
Stuart Russell's Reith lectures for the BBC are helpful. Russell explains that "If we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot interfere effectively we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose that we really desire."
William Dalrymple is speaking at this year's Chalke Farm History Festival. He quotes Lord Thurlow's House of Commons impeachment of William Hastings comments on the introduction page:
"Corporations have no bodies that can be punished nor souls that can be condemned so they can do as they like."
The UN favours the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as purposes:
1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger
3. Good health and well-being
4. Quality education
5. Gender equality
6. Clean water and sanitation
7. Affordable and clean energy
8. Decent work
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
10. Reduced inequalities
11. Sustainable cities and communities
12. Responsible consumption and production
13. Climate action
14. Life below water
15. Life on land
16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
17. Partnerships.
Individuals want
1. Physiological security
2. Safety
3. Love and belonging
4. Esteem
5. Self-actualization
The SDGs get lost as individuals and corporations aim for their goals.
HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com