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by tellak 2619 days ago
I don’t understand this argument (which comes up often). Isn’t the answer an unqualified yes? It’s obvious the current system has fuck ups. Are we supposed to be happy if a new system has double or triple the fuckups because “technology”? Like where are you going with this? These clinical decision systems have not proven they improve outcomes and we have no reason to believe they won’t make things worse.
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"We successfully automated lethal incompetence" is perhaps not the most appealing of all possible USPs for a medical system.