Being a doctor is one of the jobs expected to be least at risk from AI replacement. But a new program launched in Utah is raising questions over that assumption. A healthcare startup will begin offering AI examinations and prescriptions to patients without direct human oversight, making Utah the first state to replace a doctor with an AI.
The good news is that the program is currently very limited in its scope. It’s just one year long and only for patients with mild-to-moderate acne.
The process works when a person signs up for Nolla Health’s $4.99-per-month app and uses it to scan their face. After completing a medical history and personal information form, the AI analyzes their skin, identifies the acne problem, rates the skin’s oiliness, and then generates a numerical acne severity score that ranges between clear skin and severe acne, reports Bloomberg.
Yes. That’s distinctly why it was thrown out there. My buddy in CA had no problems getting surgery on optional stuff while I’ve had to spend years of my time and money to battle healthcare providers
Everyone that down voted. Cool, why? I’m not hear telling you it’s ideal. I’m not hear hyping up AI. I’m being a pragmatist. Where I live in the USA, healthcare provisions are so bad, I’ve had multiple healthcare case providers tell me to take a medical vacation to a country with a functioning healthcare system. Get off the computer bro. Go try it. Go to a red state, break a bone, try to get help. It doesn’t work, you’re in for a bad time. Why would trading a dysfunctional service for another dysfunctional service be bad? Literally any attempt at improving our healthcare situation is worth taking a stab
AI is so bad you don’t want to try anything else? Like anything else is even remotely going to be allowed unless it’s tied to a profit vehicle?
What do you want me to do? Move to another country or state? Pull up my boot straps and just live with it? Go back in time and prevent my major injuries that maimed me? Just hate all healthcare solutions that aren’t the an ideal unified healthcare program?
I’m in a blue city in a red state. I get lower cost of living with piss poor public utilities