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by potatoman22 426 days ago
It's trendy to say "it's horrible to use AI for this" without giving specific reasons. Some reasons it could be good to use AI here:

- this can prioritize urgent patients for the severely overworked doctors

- medical error is a leading cause of death, this serves as a second-opinion (97% true-positive rate and 79% true-negative rate)

- it can be used as evidence by a nurse or physician advocating for a patient's treatment