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Sometimes that's not possible or leads to less ideal tradeoffs (at least in the short run) For example, I made a doctor's appointment recently. To do so, I cal
by Zach_the_Lizard 3y ago
Sometimes that's not possible or leads to less ideal tradeoffs (at least in the short run)
For example, I made a doctor's appointment recently. To do so, I called, told them my name, and a few other details that are mostly in the realm of public information.
No one in the office had met me. They had no ID. That would come later in some other forms to be filled out before the visit.
If they require ID upfront, that friction will cause some appointments to not be made. You can't find your ID while on the phone. Grandma has an expired driver's license.
On the other hand, requiring it upfront reduces fraud.
Eventually we will probably have AI powered agents that perform these tasks for us, have the relevant documents handy in memory, and ultimately reduce fraud when scheduling an appointment.
But then we need defense against fake appointments being a way to commit identify fraud.
Before such agents are widely available, there will be growing pains
- Self-Perfection 3y agoThe prospect of solving this with AI dreads me. Luckily we don't need to construct solution out of the most recent hype, we can pick previous instead. Imagine convenient crypto wallet app that you always has with you on your phone. And you have two options to make an appointment: * Pay upfront total cost of an appointment. You receive NFT that indicates you appointment. To cancel appointment just send it back to receive your payment depreciated according to the time you hold the appointment NFT. * Or you may validate your identity by logging in to the clinic website with your crypto wallet. If you hold enough identity proving NFTs issued by various government agencies, you are eligible to make an appointment. I feel like half of the required pieces already exist. We just need to connect the dots.