‘We Need To Be Transparent About Our Failures,’ Experts Say About AI Development

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When Laura Adams was a young nurse, she made a critical error when administering medicine to a 7-year-old patient.

“I sent her down to the operating room with a 10-times overdose of scopolamine… and a 10 times overdose of...

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