A Time to Embrace and a Time to Refrain from Embracing — Artificial Intelligence (AI)

D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.

Executive Director

The day before Thanksgiving, I needed just a few items for the feast preparations. My mother accompanied me to the grocery store, and we, along with a large sector of the local population, searched the shelves. When it was time to check out, I saw the lines peopled by the harassed clerks, and opted for the self check-out region. After scanning a couple of the larger items, I clicked the “Skip Bagging” button on the screen, and placed them back into the cart. Nearing the end of the self check-out level of Purgatory, the machine ...read more

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Making Babies? An IVF Primer

D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.

Executive Director

The first successful in vitro (in glass) fertilization (IVF) resulted in the birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978 in England. Here is a brief account of that event.

“It was a fantastic achievement but it was about more than infertility,” ...read more

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