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see, it's this kind of thoughtless bullshit that really highlights the problems with AI and the reckless glee with which it is embraced and stuffed into just about any role, but especially with professional fields like medicine. I don't have a problem with AI (or even robots) in general, but I see its obvious shortcomings currently. AI can't replicate the human nuance that is so important with providing good medical care-- and that's ignoring the fact that AI still isn't even close to the accuracy and ingenuity of human medical professionals in diagnoses and treatments, especially when the presentation isn't "textbook" or involves multiple conditions. And, even then, it must constantly be checked for accuracy by real human medical professionals, ultimately negating any "improvement" in performance or outcome.
But the worst part, as Sanders highlights, isn't so much that medical procedures might soon be performed by AI/robots, it's the fact that such a thing is even necessary due to Alabama experiencing a massive shortage of OB?GYNs. THAT is the very bad part. And worse? rather than do anything to try to get more doctors (which requires massive and long-term investments in education), AI techbros only care about how they can make money on this by hawking their product as a fix to the rapid deterioration of our education system.
Or stop criminalizing reproductive health care.
Not “or“. This also needs to happen, but Alabama already had a serious lack of qualified OB/GYNs. While things like this, make it worse, the underlying issue in Alabama is both the terrible education system, and a serious lack of good paying opportunities that would attract more qualified doctors to the area.
A lot of educated professional people are NOT eager to live in a “race to the bottom” type of place. Without serious attention to massive quality of life improvements, you couldn’t pay me enough