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Hospital bosses love AI. Doctors and nurses are worried. (wapo.st)

submitted 1 year ago by Peaces@infosec.pub to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Mount Sinai has become a laboratory for AI, trying to shape the future of medicine. But some healthcare workers fear the technology comes at a cost.

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[–] bl_r@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

That is a good thing and a bad thing. Self diagnosis will inevitably end with misdiagnosis.

I think AI has the potential to increase the amount of patients seen, and maybe even decrease cost, but in the enshittified American system I’m willing to bet it would not be close to the best outcome