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by twobitshifter 1112 days ago
Have you heard of MedPalm, developed by Google that scored 85% on exams equal to an expert?

Or that AI outperforms doctors in controlled studies and reading imagery? https://hbr.org/2019/10/ai-can-outperform-doctors-so-why-don...

Even being more empathetic than doctors as an LLM? https://today.ucsd.edu/story/study-finds-chatgpt-outperforms...

The first to go AI will be the telemedicine firms like TeleDoc, than the Urgent Care Centers will get AI screeners, and next the doctors will be left to click a confirmation button, and last since AI alone will outperform a doctor, that confirmation will fade away or lose importance.

Doctors get sued all the time, mostly when they mess up, if AI truly does better than these doctors, legal losses and insurance costs will drop off for hospitals.