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Utah will become first state to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight (www.techspot.com)

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Being a doctor is one of the jobs expected to be least at risk from AI replacement. But a new program launched in Utah is raising questions over that assumption. A healthcare startup will begin offering AI examinations and prescriptions to patients without direct human oversight, making Utah the first state to replace a doctor with an AI.

The good news is that the program is currently very limited in its scope. It's just one year long and only for patients with mild-to-moderate acne.

The process works when a person signs up for Nolla Health's $4.99-per-month app and uses it to scan their face. After completing a medical history and personal information form, the AI analyzes their skin, identifies the acne problem, rates the skin's oiliness, and then generates a numerical acne severity score that ranges between clear skin and severe acne, reports Bloomberg.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

So basically the only reason this even exists is because people aren't allowed to decide for themselves what acne medications to take, in which case they could just look up all this shit themselves or ask a friend instead of using a subscription AI app. Like a mandatory software wizard for medications that collects rent.