# For Science! Is a new job coming to BeepKillBeep? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706 "2019-12-11T12:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/1 "2019-12-11T12:45:22Z")
I had my second interview yesterday afternoon for a new, and rather prestigious research position. There were 86 applicants and it is down to the final two. The main research project is building models of the human brain using artificial intelligence towards the diagnosis and treatment of neurological injury and disease. However, the job also requires me to be the consulting technical expert on artificial intelligence to the university. I’ll get to be involved in dozens of different research projects! Some of the projects they’ve told me about already are very exciting and could save a lot of lives. For example, reducing surgical error using artificial intelligence. Now, I must simply (ha! yeah right, simply ummmm no) wait for an answer. I really hope I get this job. This could be both career-defining and allow me to really impact a lot of lives in a meaningful way. I swear, I won’t build any killer robots. _beep_ ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/2 "2019-12-11T14:28:13Z")
Dang, one piece of sci-fi I always wanted to do is heavily related to your hoped work, so I will cross fingers too for you! I need a good science advisor. 🆒 (Killer robots not important, but part of a subplot) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/3 "2019-12-11T14:58:06Z")
This is absolutely so damned cool, I can barely contain my excitement for you! Please-please-please keep us posted! BTW, this is about as UN-mundane as it gets! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/4 "2019-12-11T20:20:57Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Dang, one piece of sci-fi I always wanted to do is heavily related to your hoped work, so I will cross fingers too for you! > > I need a good science advisor. 🆒 > > (Killer robots not important, but part of a subplot) 🙂 I might be able to help you out depending on what you need. PM me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/5 "2019-12-11T20:22:03Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > This is absolutely so damned cool, I can barely contain my excitement for you! > > Please-please-please keep us posted! BTW, this is about as UN-mundane as it gets! > ~VOW Thanks! Trust me, if I hear good news on Monday you’ll know. You’ll probably be able to hear the “Woohoo!” 🙂 (and I’ll post a follow-up in this thread) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/6 "2019-12-11T20:36:15Z")
Yay! BKB, this is amazing. So proud of you. Go out there and kill 'em!! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/7 "2019-12-11T21:51:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Go out there and kill 'em!! Sorry, that’s the robot’s job. … I’ve said too much. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/8 "2019-12-11T22:01:21Z")
Are there currently any decent expert systems that accept basic patient data (age, sex, height, weight, pulse, blood pressure, respiration, temperature, …), symptoms, and previous test results, and output useful information like potential diagnoses and further tests, recommended treatments, stuff to watch out for, and so on, to reduce potential errors as you said, or catch rare conditions? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/9 "2019-12-11T22:43:53Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Are there currently any decent expert systems that accept basic patient data (age, sex, height, weight, pulse, blood pressure, respiration, temperature, …), symptoms, and previous test results, and output useful information like potential diagnoses and further tests, recommended treatments, stuff to watch out for, and so on, to reduce potential errors as you said, or catch rare conditions? There are, and they are decent in the sense of duplicating what doctors already did by looking at accumulated data. The advances will be made with the great increase of data now available in real time and finding the less obvious correlations in the data. It doesn’t require heavy duty intelligence for that purpose in general medicine though, it is areas like neurology and the use of modeling that the OP mentioned that need the benefit of heavy analysis. ETA: Congrats **BeepKillBeep** , sounds like great fun. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/10 "2019-12-11T23:01:43Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Are there currently any decent expert systems that accept basic patient data (age, sex, height, weight, pulse, blood pressure, respiration, temperature, …), symptoms, and previous test results, and output useful information like potential diagnoses and further tests, recommended treatments, stuff to watch out for, and so on, to reduce potential errors as you said, or catch rare conditions? Wasn’t that the Theranos pitch? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/11 "2019-12-11T23:17:57Z")
I’ve got my fingers crossed for you. This sounds fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/12 "2019-12-11T23:35:01Z")
That sounds like a job that would perfectly suit the love child of Howard Wolowitz and Amy Farrah Fowler. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/13 "2019-12-12T04:12:29Z")
In case you just heard a loud “Woohoo!” echoing throughout the world, I got the job! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/14 "2019-12-12T04:19:23Z")
Congrats! Now please don’t build any AI. I could lose my job to an intelligent robot. ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/15 "2019-12-12T05:13:35Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > In case you just heard a loud “Woohoo!” echoing throughout the world, I got the job! 🙂 I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords and their designer, Emperor BeepKillBeep! All hail BKB! And congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/16 "2019-12-12T05:21:35Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > In case you just heard a loud “Woohoo!” echoing throughout the world, I got the job! 🙂 Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/17 "2019-12-12T10:21:05Z")
Wow, that’s great, BKB. The Dope is honored and embiggened by your presence. If you choose to not post here much in coming months and years, we’ll obviously understand it’s because you’re devoting your skills and time to amazing, important work. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/18 "2019-12-12T11:45:26Z")
Woot! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/19 "2019-12-12T12:05:17Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > In case you just heard a loud “Woohoo!” echoing throughout the world, I got the job! 🙂 ALL RIGHT!!! Where is that glitter font when you need it… ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706/20 "2019-12-12T12:49:07Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Congrats! Now please don’t build any AI. I could lose my job to an intelligent robot. Since you asked so nicely I’ll have them replace you last. 🙂 Some Future AI: Isamu, remember when I said I would replace you last? Isamu: Yeah, yeah, that’s right. Some Future AI: I lied. - With Apologies to Commando Thanks to everybody for the heartfelt congratulations. I had been aiming for a faculty position, but this was too good of a job to pass up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-science-is-a-new-job-coming-to-beepkillbeep/844706.md?page=2)