News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did. Parent comment

Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by jimbokun on Thursday March 12, 2026 @03:30PM (#47355878)
Even if you have perfect medical information and advice through an LLM, can you perform surgery on yourself? Can you prescribe yourself whatever medication you think you need?

For education, if you know as much as the average Harvard grad, can you give yourself a Harvard degree that will be as readily accepted in a job application or raising funds for a new business?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by sciencejerk on Thursday March 12, 2026 @06:27PM (#47358148)
Interesting perspective; medical regulation as a business moat
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by WalterBright on Thursday March 12, 2026 @08:39PM (#47359308)
That's why medical licensing was introduced.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by fauchletenerum on Friday March 13, 2026 @10:46PM (#47372784)
A robotic surgeon can use the data from the LLM to perform the appropriate surgery for you. Ditto for the automated pharmacy kiosk.

That Harvard degree will be irrelevant since no one will be hiring humans.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did by jimbokun on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:44PM (#47403827)
Maybe soon but not yet.
[ Parent | on HN ]