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Has anyone really been saying that we're going to replace doctors or teachers? Or is it more that we're saying that new tools will offer potentially engaging ne
by redwood 1y ago
Has anyone really been saying that we're going to replace doctors or teachers? Or is it more that we're saying that new tools will offer potentially engaging new applications for things like personalized learning and or assists for doctors and others.
As an example the United States has a cap on the number of doctors to keep doctors' salarys high... In many cases nurses are in a great position to provide more real care. If tools can help nurses do so isn't that a good thing? I don't view that as replacing doctors so much as delivering more personalized medicine and human care.
While I find the interviewee's personal story, particularly their upbringing in Kolkata (one of my favorite cities -- terracota cha, collegee street) humanizing I'm not sure how relevant it is to the discussion. However it does remind you that there's so much more than simply shaping text. Absolutely.
Our real physical lives are the core of our meaning and AI has no real impact on most of that. Don't we all know that though?
Big Tech simply sees business models around search and ads in Search and AI -- at least for consumers -- is the new search and hence opportunity for ads in search... We can criticize that all we want but this guy was getting that salary for 20 years.
Anyway, to blame Kolkata's challenges on colonialism when it's got some of the best sidewalks in India.. when its very existence in many ways is related to colonialism.. is a myopic perspective in my view. Compare and contrast with Kerala (the other Communist state in India). Kerala has some of the highest economic and quality of life output in the country. Kolkata can and should too. Blaming colonialism and bringing up Gaza strike me as simply trying to make sure that this is relevant to a particular Community to get clicks... aka sell ads. Sigh.
- aredox 1y ago>Has anyone really been saying that we're going to replace doctors or teachers? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/30/microsoft-ai-system-better-doctors-diagnosing-health-conditions-research https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/30/microsoft... https://people.com/bill-gates-ai-will-replace-doctors-teachers-in-next-10-years-11705615 https://people.com/bill-gates-ai-will-replace-doctors-teache... https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-reveals-ai-can-replace-doctors-in-healthcare-but-not-nurses-heres-how/articleshow/123089003.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/goo... Artificial Intelligence still can't beat natural idiocy...
- redwood 1y agoGot it, you're right some of the hype is certainly out of control.. not surprised that two of the three come from microsoft, the evil empire. I guess I see hype all the time and have something of a filter to recognize that our roles will evolve not be replaced that's always how things go. Maybe decades hence the roles are so different that they're named differently.
- tempodox 1y ago> Has anyone really been saying that we're going to replace doctors or teachers? Yes! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44940372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44940372