The expert system guys in the 80s -- and this is before my time -- came to a similar conclusion, but for the reasons I am laying out (responsibility). They als

The expert system guys in the 80s -- and this is before my time -- came to a similar conclusion, but for the reasons I am laying out (responsibility). They also decided it was better to have a computer make a suggestion to a doctor than to give it unvarnished to a patience, sort of assisting the doctor. I won't disagree with experts (yourself, or them), but there is the issue of scaling it. Consider a poor person in a poor country for whom the alternative is not a delayed appointment with a real person but no advice at all.