Dr. Kim Solez presents the introduction to second Technology and Future of Medicine for medical students on November 10, 2016 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

1. Kim Solez, MD

2. 1. Two hours October 21st from Drs. Kim Solez,
Jonathan White, and Rich Sutton.
2. Two hours today November 10th from Drs. Shawna
Pandya and Kim Solez.
3. The suggestion that we teach you directly about
the future like this came from 1st year medical
students last year, people just like you!

3. At the end of this 4 hours of teaching, students will
be able to:
• Describe some of the ways in which rapid
technological change is anticipated to affect the
practice of medicine in the next 100 years, with
specific reference to artificial intelligence, newly
emerging technology and human enhancement.
• Describe the concepts of Moore’s law, exponential
change, and the technological singularity
• Discuss some of the ethical issues associated with
rapid technological advancement in medicine.

4. • Students become more flexible in dealing with
change in technology and medicine during their
careers.
• Students become more informed in considering
how changes in medicine may affect their career
choices.
• Students develop new ways of thinking about
concepts relating to technology.
• Students are empowered to get involved to ensure
changes in medicine are positive for patients and for
society in general.

5. I spoke at Singularity University Reunion in August
2011 about “Mainstreaming the Singularity in
Universities and Beyond”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pID1f8Hn5Q
Stephen Long, the main technology advisor to the
Joint Chiefs of Staff of US military, spoke right after
me addressing “National Security Implications of the
Technological Singularity”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4RVQWsz7LE
“It is not a question of if, the only real question is
when.” (7.41)

6. May 24, 2016: Legal and Governance Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, WA
June 7, 2016: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good in Washington, DC
June 28, 2016: Safety and Control for Artificial Intelligence in Pittsburgh, PA
July 7, 2016: The Social and Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies
in the Near-Term in New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgL32wtgeXQ

7. Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah has self-referential lyrics
“Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift”
Talking about the actual notes being played.
Talking about what we are doing right now, teaching
you about the future of medicine. In response to the
last teaching session some of you said you wanted
“more lectures like this”. In this introduction I am
going to discuss some of the options for more
lectures like this.

8. At http://www.youtube.com/user/kimsolez you can
see in those LABMP 590 lectures we spend much of
the time teaching you quantum mechanics and
nanotechnology basics. For those who already know
quantum mechanics and nanotechnology basics that
would be boring, inefficient teaching for medical
students.

9. Timothy Caulfield and James Shapiro are among the
most highly regarded teachers in the University. You
will inevitably encounter them teaching you directly.
You don’t need us teaching you about stem cell
generation of organs, tissue repair, bio-artificial
organs, and the ethics of these areas as you will get
that from others.

10. Issues of ethics of artificial intelligence and free
will/determinism. Osmar Zaiane “If we teach these
machines ethics they will be more ethical than we
are!”

11. Intriguing lecture by Lesley Cormack the Dean of Arts
showing that the medicine of the Middle Ages was as
“complete’ as the medicine of today, with answers to
everything, treatments for everything. Gives one
pause! Another possibility for expansion.