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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by tootie on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:03PM (#34512435)
Mostly that it faired poorly against human doctors. Real-world medical data is too messy to feed into a machine.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/31/machine_learning_the_...

Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by markus_zhang on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:40PM (#34512744)
Thanks! I wonder what is the most advanced automatic technique right now. I also think it's difficult to replace nurses -- even though basic nurse work is even easier comparing to a family doctor who needs to diagnose. I figure the reason is that to replace nurse we need a lot of automatic hardware, which needs a lot of investment, unlike ChatGPT which can really replace a service agent given enough training because it doesn't involve hardware.
Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by tootie on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:51PM (#34513783)
We have a lot. But it's really the same story that we see with software. The more sophisticated the software you grab off the shelf the more that's expected from a single worker. Modern doctor's offices are overloaded with gadgets. Most are using automatic blood pressure cuffs, digital pulse ox and all sorts of machines to test for things that used to be untestable. The need for nurses and techs to operate them all only increases.