(Medical SF) Dr. Bayani practices medicine in San Francisco, but the automation is making him feel useless. (3,634 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"AfterShift Memories," by David Ramirez [bio] (edited by David Brin and Stephen W. Potts), appeared in Chasing Shadows (RSR review), published on January 10, 2017 by Tor.
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Pro: Nice description of doctors interacting with a future AI.
Con: There’s no real action to the story. Dr. Bayani’s home life is described in such vague terms we don’t really connect with it.
The AI is not realistic. An actual system would never be 100% accurate. Instead, it might be 90% accurate, at best, and the doctors would continually have to second-guess it. Nor would it continue to improve over time; absent new programming, it would plateau.
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Con: There’s no real action to the story. Dr. Bayani’s home life is described in such vague terms we don’t really connect with it.
The AI is not realistic. An actual system would never be 100% accurate. Instead, it might be 90% accurate, at best, and the doctors would continually have to second-guess it. Nor would it continue to improve over time; absent new programming, it would plateau.
Other Reviews: Search Web, GoodReads.com
David Ramirez Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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