If you remember the kids from high school who played Dungeons & Dragons, you know that none of them looked like or were as cool as actor Chris Pine. And yet, that is who stars in the movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which opens today in theaters. The game and the movie are about an eclectic bunch of characters — each with their own powers — who engage in adventures and battles together to find treasure and knowledge and solve problems. Naturally, a Dungeon Master (played by Hugh Grant, of course) serves as the game’s referee and storyteller, and controls the monsters. Who will be the Dungeon Master in our real-life D&D game of AI in health care? As evidenced by an entire agenda track being devoted to this subject at ViVE in Nashville this week, there are a lot of players in this AI-health care game (Microsoft, Google, academia, thought leaders, philanthropists), all with their own superpowers. And while it is unclear who will be the Dungeon Master narrating the players’ story, we noticed that yesterday the FDA published draft guidance on AI-enabled medical device software functions. The FDA’s announcement comes with all of the confidence of a true Dungeon Master: “This draft guidance is informed by the considerable experience the FDA has gained by regulating AI/ML-enabled devices and, in recent years, exploring new regulatory frameworks for digital health medical devices.” We wish them luck, because as they say in the new D&D movie: “This magic is on a whole other level.”
April 7, 2023 | 3 min read
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