DeepSummary
The episode discusses how doctors are recommending the Apple Watch to patients, even though it is not approved by regulators for medical purposes, in order to track health metrics like heart rate and perform EKGs. Researchers are also using data from the Apple Watch to study conditions like post-surgery recovery and stress levels.
Teachers are embracing new AI grading tools for student writing assignments, which provide numeric grades and feedback. While some teachers find these tools helpful for giving students more practice and faster feedback, others are concerned about the reliability of the AI-generated grades.
The episode features interviews with Christopher Mims, a tech columnist, and Sarah Randazzo, a reporter, who discuss the potential benefits and drawbacks of using the Apple Watch for medical purposes and AI grading tools in the classroom, respectively.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Doctors are recommending the Apple Watch to patients for medical tracking purposes, even though it is not approved by regulators for these uses.
- Researchers are using data from the Apple Watch to study conditions like heart disease, post-surgery recovery, and stress levels.
- The FDA has restrictions on the types of sensors and their approved uses on the Apple Watch, which can limit its medical applications.
- There are concerns about the potential for false positives from the Apple Watch leading to unnecessary hospital visits and tests.
- Teachers are using AI grading tools for student writing assignments, which provide numeric grades and feedback.
- While some teachers find AI grading tools helpful for giving faster feedback and more practice opportunities, others are concerned about the reliability of the AI-generated grades.
- Tests have shown inconsistencies in grading results from different AI grading tools for the same student work.
- Students may approach AI grading tools as a game or challenge, trying to improve their writing to achieve higher grades from the AI system.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “FDA approvals do limit a, what kind of sensors go on the watch in some ways and how they can be used.“ by Christopher Mims
- “Some doctors I talk to are concerned that if more alerts are added to the watch, like right now, it'll give you high resting heart rate or arrhythmia or whatever. You'll end up with too many false positives, and that could send people to the hospital where immediately doctors have to take them seriously.“ by Christopher Mims
- “It really depends. I mean, we ran a test using a colleague's paper that they had from when they were a senior in high school, and it was a perfect example because she still had the grades and rubric and feedback from the original essay. And so we compared that to three different sites that we tried. One of the sites gave the essay a 100%, another one gave it in the sixties, and another one gave it 85%. Those are three different tools all aiming to do the same thing. You know, I'd say that kind of shows it really is a little bit all over the board right now.“ by Sarah Randazzo
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Episode Information
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
7/3/24