Dr. Kim Solez presents "Technology and the Future of Medicine: How Will The Technological Singularity Express Itself in Nepal?" at Chitwan Medical College in Bharatpur, Nepal on October 14th, 2014.

1. Kim Solez, MD

5. The technological singularity occurs as artificial
intelligences surpass human beings as the smartest
and most capable life forms on the Earth.
Technological development is taken over by the
machines, who can think, act and communicate so
quickly that normal humans cannot even comprehend
what is going on. The machines enter into a "runaway
reaction" of self-improvement cycles, with each new
generation of A.I.s appearing faster and faster. From
this point onwards, technological advancement is
explosive, under the control of the machines, and
thus cannot be accurately predicted (hence the term
"Singularity"). – Ray Kurzweil

8.  All natural disease may be eliminated, leaving
only man-made diseases. But that may leave
as much for physicians to do as there is today!
 Challenging responses to bioterrorism and
stem cell technologies.
 Focus of medicine no longer disease but
enhancement, elevating the human condition,
which will extend beyond the physical to the
moral and spiritual.
 Social responsibility an important aspect of
medicine and one of the focuses of the course.

9.  “It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even
the most horrible situations by habituation. Physicians
are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social
problems should largely be solved by them.”
-Rudolf Virchow

10. “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else
than medicine writ large. Medicine as a social science, as
the science of human beings, has the obligations to
point out problems and to attempt their theoretical
solution: the politician, the practical anthropologist,
must find the means for their practical solution.”
– Rudolf Virchow
Assume the primacy of global health!
Telemedicine and “doctor in your cell phone”
main uses of technology!

12. Course conceptualized in
March 2011, tested with
focus groups in
May for its suitability as a
course for both
undergraduate and
graduate students.

13.  Ten minute introduction
 Fifty minute lecture
 Twenty minute discussion
 In the course we talk about
machines replacing many of the
functions of human beings. This
picture was taken by a machine
without human intervention, as
were many of the best still
images from the course. The
video camera is constantly
comparing the scene to
algorithms and takes still
pictures when the requirements
of the interesting picture
algorithm are satisfied.

14. First teaching session 2011 Recent teaching session 2014
Hot-linked tables of contents in YouTube video descriptions at
http://www.youtube.com/user/kimsolez allow one
to jump right to content of interest.

15.  Director of Social Media at Kandu Inc.

16. The young people from my course are little by little
infiltrating the discussion groups with normal human
interactions and we are already in 2014 seeing an
improvement in productivity. It is something that only
the young people among us can fix!

17. Heather Graves, from Department
of English and Film Studies, in
Faculty of Arts. Diversity of views
and backgrounds is an important
feature of the course. Tech
skeptics represented.

18.  We shoot broadcast quality video of each lecture
& discussion. http://www.singularitycourse.com
 Previous lectures at
http://www.youtube.com/user/KimSolez .
Students critique one past lecture, and suggest
improvements in presentation and hot-linked
table of contents (20% of grade).
 Students write one 3,000 word paper (40%) and
give 20 min. presentation on same subject
(30%). Also graded on class participation (10%).
 No required reading. Suggested reading list in
course outline, readings suggested by Email.

19.  The technological Singularity. Existential
risks, AI, genomics, and nanotech.
 Ways to optimize a positive outcome for
humanity in the co-evolution of humans
and machines . The influence of these
considerations on medicine of the future.
 Dean of Science speaking, prominent
people internationally. Most lectures not
very “medical”. Easily understoo d.
 Balanced view provided by incorporating
both tech skeptics and tech advocates.

20. New Medical School
Devoted to Rural
Health, Patan
Academy of Health
Sciences, Annual
Consultative Meeting
2011, Nagarkot,
Nepal

21.  Medical student elective participation in course.
 International peer review of YouTube videos, modifications made.
Two Quantum Biology lectures.
 Young person old person point counterpoint lecture January 30th,
Abdullah Saleh/Earle Waugh Medical Ethics in a World of
Robots(What will we allow when everything is possible).
 Collaboration with Disruptive Technologies in Medicine course in
Budapest, Hungary, the only other course somewhat like this one.

24. Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Berkeley, Edmonton,
Houston, Hawaii, Sao Paulo, Thanksgiving Point, Utah,
Brussels, Paris, LA, Palo Alto, Washington, Carlton,
Australia, Wroclaw, Poland

25.  Mature youthful decision making!
 They can do it!

36.  InternetEvolution.com “ThinkerNet Blog”
had essays written criticizing Ray Kurzweil
by people who had never read any of his
books.
 And people criticizing Peter Diamandis’
Abundance by people who had never read
the book.
 Frustrating. What is the worst you can
imagine happening in this circumstance?

37. Nucleated cells in vasa recta. At age 26, just
after graduation from medical school, I was a
specialist interested in acute tubular injury:
Solez, K., et al: Kidney Int. 6:24-37, 1974.

38. This specialist interest shared by only to a few
led eventually decades later to all the very
general and diverse things I am doing now.

39. Five years later I published the definitive
description of the pathology of acute tubular
injury. Medicine 58:362-376, 1979.

40. Histologic criteria for the diagnosis of rejection and other
conditions in the transplanted kidney, began 1991, updated
and expanded every two years in consensus meeting.

41. Banff Transplant
Pathology Meetings
Began in the
Transcanada Pipelines
Pavilion at the Banff
Centre in 1991, Future
Meetings Are Planned
through 2021.

42.  Nova program on PBS Television (7 million viewers)
 Big Bang Theory (the TV show; 20 million viewers)
 Singularity Summit/Singularity 1on1 (9,000 views per
video)
 Kim Solez – Technology and Future of Medicine Course
LABMP 590 (2,550 views per video)

46.  We need the mainstream public to regard the
Transhumanism as fact, not fiction.
 We need to promote organized thinking about the
future in Universities and beyond.
 We need to make efforts to make Transhumanism
accessible and inclusive, with low barrier to entry,
incorporating young people, and balanced
views/diversity. “Transhumanism for Dummies!”
Assume global health is primary link with
transhumanism.

48.  UP UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH AT 72,
ISAAC ASIMOV REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS
BEING “IN MY LATE YOUTH”.
 A SIMILAR SITUATION FACES ALL OF US BUT
THE “YOUTH” WILL CONTINUE WELL BEYOND
AGE 72 AND ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS
BROUGHT ABOUT BY TECHNOLOGY WILL BE
AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT SUSTAINS IT!

49. In many areas of importance in the future, the
boundaries, limits you may be thinking of may not
exist.