Aneesh Sathe


Reimagining AI in Healthcare: Beyond Basic RAG with FHIR, Knowledge Graphs, and AI Agents

Essay

May 3, 2024

Introduction # While exploring the application of AI agents in healthcare we see that standard Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and fine-tuning methods often fall short in the interconnected realms of healthcare and research. These traditional methods struggle to leverage the structured knowledge available, such as knowledge graphs. Data approaches like Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) used alongside advanced knowledge graphs can significantly enhance AI agents, providing more effective and context-aware solutions.

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On Being Good vs. Knowing Good: Perspectives on AI

Blog

January 22, 2024

In this video, Stephen Fry narrates Nick Cave’s letter, which argues that using ChatGPT as a shortcut to creativity is detrimental. Surprisingly, I found myself in agreement. Having been involved in the AI industry for over a decade, I’ve always viewed AI positively. As an entrepreneur who pitches AI to investors and customers, I liken AI to technologies like spreadsheets: they eliminate tedious tasks, but you still need to understand what you’re doing.

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Links 20240119

Blog

January 19, 2024

Shorthand to make your handwriting worse than it is: https://orthic.shorthand.fun/ This one feels like a direct attack given my recent mini tongue-in-cheek rant: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/llm-2 First self-amplifying mRNA vaccine was approved in Japan. Apparently a much lower (1/6th) has the same effect as a normal dose. I wonder if the side effects are better: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-02101-2 Norah Jones will have a new album out on March 8. The woman is a machine! With the very active podcast I had thought she might be taking a break, but nope here she is with …

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There is sadness in the Long Earth

Blog

January 18, 2024

I’m on the last book of the Long Earth Series, The Long Cosmos and reading it makes me sad and wistful. Perhaps it’s knowing that Terry Pratchett didn’t live to see it published, perhaps it’s the little hints and hooks of Discworld. Whatever it is, there are parts of the book where I laugh out loud, like when Sancho calls himself “The Librarian” and then I’m plunged into soft sadness.

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My grandfather had lore, my father had Google, I have ChatGPT, my son will have lore

Essay

January 17, 2024

“My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel,” Hong Kong of the Desert So goes the old Middle East proverb about the rise and fall of Dubai’s prosperity. The world is going through a similar cycle of prosperity in the context of accessing accurate information. However, with worsening search results Research: Is Google Getting Worse? | Media article:Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse , and alternatives like ChatGPT that are …

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