Strengthening medical technology through artificial intelligence

As a YouTube influencer known for social media videos, Jordan Harrod translates the development of artificial intelligence and public health into the masses.

Harrods, a candidate for a doctoral course in biomedical engineering and medical physics at the Harvard MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program, said, “Can AI recognize you from your walk?”, “Edge Computing, Description,” And “How AI learns cheat”. She works on Olympic lifts at the gym and reads fantasy novels when she’s not “good or bad” exploring how humans interact with AI and other technologies.

YR Media talked to Harrod about her motives, the future of AI, and the benefits and betrayals of recent AI technologies.

Cure Hamitchell, YR Media Contributor: What is your most exciting project? How does it work, what is involved in creating it, and what makes it special?

Jordan Harrod: My first foray into machine learning was machine learning and medical imaging. And it was a very interesting learning experience for me in terms of entering the field.

I am interested in designing a machine learning system that can identify erroneously acquired magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Errors that occur with either MRI or software can be diagnosed as a patient’s problem if they look like a tumor or if they don’t actually exist. That project was exciting because it was one of the first projects I worked on and I felt it could have a short-term impact.

CM: Tell us about the people and experiences you trust in guiding you on the path you are in.

JH: The worst answer you can get is “no”, so my dad basically told me to ask what I want from a pretty young age. And it has become the motto of most decisions and opportunities I have been able to make throughout the educational journey I have taken.

CM: Is there a gap in your field? How do you see your contribution as meeting that need?

JH: At the crossroads of my scientific and academic research, there is definitely a lack of researchers who are interested in communicating their research in more ways than talking. And I hope that the content work I’m doing will help fill the gaps in people reaching out to the audience who wouldn’t come across traditional forms of public science involvement.

CM: Have you ever wanted to give up your dream? Tell us what you did to get over it.

JH: I thought I would enter pharmaceuticals right after my undergraduate student. I did an internship in the pharmaceutical industry. In the end, I don’t think I gave up my dream because I realized I wasn’t interested in the pharmaceutical industry, but that was just a change in my career path.

CM: What advice would you give to a young man trying to break into your world?

JH: The environment in which you work is just as important, if not more important than the work you do, but it is not always considered when deciding to pursue a new job, a new opportunity, or looking back on past opportunities. Often not a thing.

CM: I know we can’t see the future, but if we predict, what will happen in a different area than the present?

JH: I hope we understand the human brain better than we do now. On the machine learning side, we hope that more interdisciplinary work will be done and that the ethical side will be incorporated into one of the educational pipelines so that people can understand and respect that side. ..

CM: Do you have any opinions about the use of AI in artificial voice such as Uberduck? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this technology?

JH: Synthetic speech has several advantages, often in the form of dubbing, so content originally written in one language can be dubbed into another in a realistic way. It’s also tied to a video deepfake that you can make it so that lip sync works better.

At the same time, there are clearly many ways to misuse this kind of thing. This is very easy to use. Especially because it doesn’t really require any expertise to find a system that is readily available on the Internet and makes it possible.

CM: How do you want your heritage to be remembered?

JH: I hope that the research I am doing will help us understand the world we live in and improve human health. But I don’t think people need to be the ones reading in the textbook. I hope the work I do will ultimately have a net positive impact.