Comment on AI could be a game changer for people with disabilities
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoWe’re talking about people with disabilities, and depending on what you’re doing with AI, it can get organized under being a medically assistive device, which suddenly becomes an FDA issue.
Ask the people who run Open Source projects aimed at opening up things like Glucose monitors or CPAP machines. They are harangued by the FDA.
Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Which projects have been shut down by FDA order?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
You realize there’s regulation other than just banning things, right?
hhs.gov/…/open-source-software-risks-in-the-healt…
Still, the point being is that to develop Open Source medical software, you’re going to be dealing with potential regulations that you must pass to be able to release the software. Achieving meeting the regulation can often drastically increase the cost of development. Open Source projects can’t just magic up more money for development like giant corporations can.
Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
There are more ways to help people than making medical software. Rather than saying they could focus on doing simpler things, you automatically jump to all projects running afoul of FDA regulations is pretty telling. All while still having not provided a single project halted by FDA order.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
What’s telling is I am actually disabled and have a disabled partner so these are things I think about chucklefuck.