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by rscho 2y ago
Those lefties playing sorcerer's apprentice at CERN are going to end up swallowing the world, I'm telling you !
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by rscho 2y ago
It's also easy to spot irrational zealots. Your statement is no more plausible than OP's. No one knows whether we'll achieve AGI, especially since the definition is very blurry.
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by rscho 2y ago
Wouldn't automation and layoffs be synchronized, in such a plan ? Also, how do we plan automating park rangers ?
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by rscho 2y ago
> not aware of any language that provides this out-of-the-box, unfortunately. Many lisps. Racket, for example.
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by rscho 2y ago
I never wanted to imply that. But here, people frequently assume that because that's what they're used to. Diagnosis is the tip of the iceberg. Most people here aren't sick, so diagnostics are their only focus. If they get il
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by rscho 2y ago
I'm sure going to be amazed if the LLMs of the future 10y suddenly acquire the ability to physically cut just the right bit of a random surgical piece, with a precise idea of where, when and in what orientation the surgeon dug it out,
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by rscho 2y ago
> Why do you think medical science wrt complexity is any different than applied math I don't think I wrote that. Doctors already use tech assistance. I just pointed out that while we've got efficient robots for applied math, we
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by rscho 2y ago
Do you really know what pathologists do ? Apparently not...
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by rscho 2y ago
Redundancy in research is necessary. It's a good thing.
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by rscho 2y ago
Well, googling the info is one thing. But today, medicine is still mostly a know-how profession. Residency is there mostly to transmit know-how.
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by rscho 2y ago
Haha. Have you actually ever seen a surgical robot yourself? Your claim is laughable. There is no automation whatsoever in any robot on the market currently.
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by rscho 2y ago
Don't laugh too quickly, because what you describe is already happening: models are used to design processes allowing insurance corps to deny claims optimally, while on the other side models write your claims. If I were you, I wouldn&#
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by rscho 2y ago
Except the tech to do that is not there, and we're quite far from it. It's one thing to have a robot write text, it's a whole other thing to have a robot perform at human level in medical procedures. Not happening tomorrow.
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by rscho 2y ago
Almost all specialties do various technical procedures that only them really know how to do. The extreme is psychoanalytic psychiatry, which are the only ones really doing nothing with their hands (yes, interventional psychiatry is a thing.
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by rscho 2y ago
Yes, doctors are safe. Because they do things. With their hands. That no one else does.
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by rscho 2y ago
Well, the model is migrating to one of hyperspecialists collaborating together. Problem is, this isn't compatible with private practice where you're operating mostly alone, and this results in what you describe. The model has to e
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by rscho 2y ago
The article says 'board exam' which is quite different from USMLE. So, it's established: I can't read, and I'm not especially clever. It all checks out ! :-)
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by rscho 2y ago
Which must make it the most MD comment I've seen in a long time. It's hilarious!
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by rscho 2y ago
From a doc, it was just a figure of speech. Most docs have no idea what a statistical distribution is.
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by rscho 2y ago
Since you're still alive, it seems the wrong things aren't severe enough to kill you. Good for you!
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by rscho 2y ago
No, no contradiction. I said: high USMLE score != smart. GP said: good doctor = smart. Study says: good doc = high USMLE score. As I also said: good doc = understand what you read.
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by rscho 2y ago
Most patients are unable to communicate their symptoms accurately enough. Which is why you need to see them in person, talk with them, and examine them. Not saying a robot couldn't perform, but certainly not a simple chatbot. Despite w
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by rscho 2y ago
I don't think smart people make better docs. I'm USMLE 90+ percentile, and not particularly clever. It is however, important to be clever enough to understand what you read. Good docs are humble, meticulous and knowledgeable. Stel
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by rscho 2y ago
Things are changing to accomodate the increasing complexity, same way as ever: specialization. There are now subsubspecialties, and 'cardiologist' or 'nephrologist' have become incomplete qualifiers. It may not look like
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by rscho 2y ago
The question is too general. Depends a lot on the kind of surgery you're doing. I guess the answer you're looking for is that anyone could be a surgeon, but not for all kinds of surgery. Also 'basic plumbing' with no roo
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by rscho 2y ago
The common misconception of someone with a hard science education. > Many inputs can be placed in the machine by physicians, and the outputs are known. The biological machines can easily be isolated from environment, or monitored with hi
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by rscho 2y ago
I agree for opioids. And I'm certainly not saying there are 'huge numbers of deaths' linked to ketamine. Maybe specialK is popular where you live, but here long term ketamine habits seem quite rare, based on my totally unscie
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by rscho 2y ago
Acetaminophen is often chosen as a suicide drug because of its narrow therapeutic index. I don't think that means abuse of ketamine is that safe, having administered a lot of it. The effects at anesthetic doses are pretty spectacular.
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by rscho 2y ago
Everything acting on the brain is neurotoxic at sufficient doses. However, I would be far more worried about cardiovascular effects, for which life threatening complications are much more immediate.
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by rscho 2y ago
Huh ? Yes, it does. Same reason as in the US: industrial eggs are tightly controlled.

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