Tench, the flaw in your thinking is that a human, whose brain has been laboriously crammed with knowledge over 8+ years post HS, and who of course suffers from all sorts of day to day issues can beat an AI system at interpreting sensory data and lab results to arrive at a more accurate diagnosis. While its true that no universal AI system currently exists that would beat a GP for all cases, systems do currently exist which will beat GP's (and even specialists in some cases) for certain diseases, and that is in 2017. Further the AI system is never hung over, is never frazzled by lack of sleep, suffers no stress from marital or kid problems, isn't bothered by office politics, doesn't care if the patient is offensive, never has its blood pressure elevated, etc, and further has millions of cases to compare against, vs the limited experience of your personal MD, and needs to only be paid pennies on the dollar vs the Doc's salary. Which one do you think is going to win in the end.
And the pharmacy is the classic example of what will be toast early on. What does a human bring to that of any value?
The only thing protecting most of these jobs is State licensing laws. That is why healthcare costs keep rising.
What I want to see is a parallel system based almost exclusively on AI/automation, and I get to choose which system I will use. The AI/automation system will cost 1/10 and deliver better quality to boot. I want the laws amended so I can choose higher quality and low cost over the human system. You can keep going to the human one if you like, and you can pay for it as well.
BTW, I start at Wikipedia, but if needed PubMed and the latest journal papers are easily readable by me. I've learned that the painful way after a sequence of Doc's killed one of my family members. A degree on the wall means nothing if the neurons between your ears aren't working well. Knowledge is cheap these days, and very easy to acquire. Critical thinking not so much. When you walk into a hospital either for yourself or a loved one, don't check your brain at the door. You need to double check what is being done. |
