Mr. Gebreab lists his current position at the top of his LinkedIn page.

Notably, this job description uses the phrases “Consortium to Advance Health Equity” and “Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) Program.

Further investigation of the so-called “AIM-AHEAD” program reveals the following:

The National Institutes of Health recently announced a $50million award to the University of North Texas Health Science Center to lead the coordinating center for the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity, or AIM-AHEAD, program. The University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth will lead the multi-institutional coordinating center, which brings together experts in community engagement, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), health equity research, data science training, and data infrastructure.

AIM-AHEAD was created to close the gaps in the AI/ML field, which currently lacks diversity in its researchers and in data, including electronic health records (EHRs). These gaps pose a risk of creating and continuing harmful biases in how AI/ML is used, how algorithms are developed and trained, and how findings are interpreted. Critically, these gaps can lead to continued health disparities and inequities for underrepresented communities.

Underrepresented communities have untapped potential to contribute new expertise, data, recruitment strategies, and cutting-edge science to the AI/ML field. This program seeks to increase the participation and engagement of the researchers and communities that are currently underrepresented in AI/ML modeling and applications through mutually beneficial partnerships.

To use Artificial Intelligence as a tool to advance “health equity” is a deeply chilling proposition with obvious overtones of the Chinese Social Credit system or the movie Minority Report.  It has no place in an administration that respects the constitutional rights of American citizens.

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, Mr. Gebreab also lists his pronouns on LinkedIn.

This is fringe behavior and out of line with President Trump’s declaration that there are only two genders.

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