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A very longwinded story which could have been condensed to the following: A computer aided prescription system is not a super-intelligent AI doctor. Like any ot
by FD3SA 12y ago
A very longwinded story which could have been condensed to the following: A computer aided prescription system is not a super-intelligent AI doctor. Like any other software, it will have bugs and errors. I would expect a physician who uses technology extensively to understand the basics of software, along with its shortfalls.
There were a dozen medical professionals who failed to do their jobs in screening the patient's medication before administering it.
I'm always amazed when people rely on technology as a full crutch, and deem the task the technology now performs to be "useless". So for example, if I get lost on the road, knowing the sun rises in the east is useless because I have the entire world mapped on my phone. But wait...what if my phone has no reception, or if the battery dies? Whoops, turns out basic geography isn't so useless after all.
Technology is not an excuse to become clueless and incompetent.