Terry Gilliam needs to reboot his Brazil (1985) franchise. When you integrate half-backed AI into life-and-death decisions, you get tragic absurdity on an inhuman scale. It may even be stable.
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
AI for treatment is rightfully scrutinized. AI for billing or other administrative tasks could be a big cost saver since administrative costs are a huge expense and a major factor of high consumer costs.
AI for billing or other administrative tasks could be a big cost saver… You’d hope so, but doubtful. More likely it’ll be health care providers using “AI”s to scheme how to charge as much as possible, and insurers using “AI” to deny claims.
Yeah, I'm sure they'll find a way to fire lots of staff but still charge patients the same. Of course if they use the current data for training, it will result in similarly terrible outcomes.
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#113> Many of America’s most critical sectors, such as healthcare, are especially slow to adopt due to a variety of factors, including distrust or lack of understanding of the technology, a complex regulatory landscape, and a lack of clear governance and risk mitigation standards. A coordinated Federal effort would be beneficial in establishing a dynamic, “try-first” culture for AI across American industry. I'm sure "mov…
> I'm sure "move fast and break things" will work out great for health care. Health care is already broken to the point of borderline dystopia. When I contrast the experience I had as a young boy of visiting a rural country doctor to the fast food health care experience of "urgent care" clinics, it makes my head spin. The last few doctors I've been to have been completely useless and generally uncaring as well. Every…
I’m sure move fast and break things, now with AI (tm) will reduce the deepening monetization of the doctor-patient relationship that’s the root of your complaints.
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#114> Many of America’s most critical sectors, such as healthcare, are especially slow to adopt due to a variety of factors, including distrust or lack of understanding of the technology, a complex regulatory landscape, and a lack of clear governance and risk mitigation standards. A coordinated Federal effort would be beneficial in establishing a dynamic, “try-first” culture for AI across American industry. I'm sure "mov…
Healthcare in the US is already in very poor shape. Thousands die because of waiting for care, misdiagnosis, or inefficiency leading to magnified costs which in turn leads to denied claims because insurers won't cover it. AI is already better at diagnosis than physicians in most cases.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I'm sure "move fast and break things" will work out great for health care. Health care is already broken to the point of borderline dystopia. When I contrast the experience I had as a young boy of visiting a rural country doctor to the fast food health care experience of "urgent care" clinics, it makes my head spin. The last few doctors I've been to have been completely useless and generally uncaring as well. Every…
I’m sure move fast and break things, now with AI (tm) will reduce the deepening monetization of the doctor-patient relationship that’s the root of your complaints.
Yep! What ya gotta do when you spot a problem, is just throw whatever objects or topics are immediately at hand at it.
Then blame regulation and that pesky Other Side
Ta-da! Fixed!
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#117> Many of America’s most critical sectors, such as healthcare, are especially slow to adopt due to a variety of factors, including distrust or lack of understanding of the technology, a complex regulatory landscape, and a lack of clear governance and risk mitigation standards. A coordinated Federal effort would be beneficial in establishing a dynamic, “try-first” culture for AI across American industry. I'm sure "mov…
Healthcare in the US is already in very poor shape. Thousands die because of waiting for care, misdiagnosis, or inefficiency leading to magnified costs which in turn leads to denied claims because insurers won't cover it. AI is already better at diagnosis than physicians in most cases.
I will bet $1,000 you don’t work in a clinic and you’re instead spouting press releases as fact here?
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#119> Many of America’s most critical sectors, such as healthcare, are especially slow to adopt due to a variety of factors, including distrust or lack of understanding of the technology, a complex regulatory landscape, and a lack of clear governance and risk mitigation standards. A coordinated Federal effort would be beneficial in establishing a dynamic, “try-first” culture for AI across American industry. I'm sure "mov…
AI for treatment is rightfully scrutinized. AI for billing or other administrative tasks could be a big cost saver since administrative costs are a huge expense and a major factor of high consumer costs.
Here’s how this is working in practice:
There’s a fast-growing cottage industry of companies using AI to figure out how to bill insurers “better”
And there’s a fast-growing cottage industry of companies using AI to figure out how to deny claims “better”
I see no reason to expect improvements to the patient or provider experience from this. A lot more money spent though!
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which ones? AFAIK the nuke plants that shut down are very cost ineffective.
I believe Three Mile Island is restarting specifically to power planned data centers.
HN story from last year:
"Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI power deal"