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Tag Archives: artificial intelligence
Don’t Fear Artificial Intelligence, Plan for It
By Timothy Persons, GAO’s Chief Scientist and Managing Director of GAO’s Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team. Since the 1968 release of the film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, artificial intelligence (AI) has captured our imagination, inspiring both wonder and fear. … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Science and Technology
Tagged artificial intelligence, health care, podcast, STAA, Tim Persons
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Could AI Help Create New Medicines?
Developing and bringing a new drug to market is a lengthy and expensive process. Only about 1 in 10,000 chemical compounds that are tested makes it through the research and development pipeline and is approved by the FDA. This process … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Science and Technology
Tagged artificial intelligence, Clinical trials, Drug testing, drugs, Federal regulations, Food and Drug Administration, Health research, Medical research, new drugs, Pharmacological research, prescription drugs, research and development, Science Technology Assessment and Analytics, STAA, Tim Persons
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Our Innovation Lab: Building a Sandbox for Audit Tech
Note: This blog was updated to clarify that the prediction of more than a trillion dollars in improper Medicare payments was made by GAO teams that examine those issues. As our world becomes increasingly digitized, being able to quickly make … Continue reading
Posted in Science and Technology
Tagged advanced technology, artificial intelligence, Auditing procedures, audits, emerging technologies, improper payments, Medicare payments, Science and Technology, Science Technology Assessment and Analytics, STAA, Taka Ariga, Technological innovations, Technology research, Tim Persons
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Artificial Intelligence: Still a Long Way from Judgment Day
The 1991 sci-fi film Terminator 2 predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) software known as Skynet would become self-aware on August 29, 1997, and rapidly take over the world. Today, even as we celebrate avoiding such an extreme outcome for 22 … Continue reading
