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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52799193

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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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Oh Utah. You so stupid

[–] Duchess@piefed.linenoise.vip 21 points 2 weeks ago

Kids going to be jailbreaking their doctor and ordering goofy pills smdh

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The only thing they taught it how to do was to deny gender-affirming care.

[–] potpotato@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The only thing they taught how to do was to deny coverage

Acne is like cement scrapes/burns... Any/all genders prefer not to have it.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can’t wait to see how pharmaceutical ads/reps factor into these.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

They'll just make spam subs on reddit to get the keywords in training data.

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

reads: Utah first state to legalize prescription narcotics for recreational use

[–] jmill@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not saying Doc LLM won't do that, but the trial's intention is to limit it to choosing between 8 different topical creams for acne. Still a bad idea.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

[loud and growly groan]

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Eventually this is all your insurance will cover.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Why!? This is fucking bonkers!

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

scan their face. After completing a medical history and personal information form

Ah, a prescription for your acne! And all it costs is feeding ALL of your information into the Information Stealing Machine. And also $4.99/mo.

[–] hneerqe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

feels like they just want our faces for some book or whatever

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, okay, that sounds like a good way to get away with fucking up by blaming it on the AI, and no one gets held accountable for prescribing little Timmy a lethal dose of death juice or whatever.

It's almost as if these people don't care at all

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

I really hate all the face scanning shit.

Biometrics for passwords are already bad. Imagine a wonderful world where "Reset my Advertising ID" means extensive plastic surgery.

[–] xia@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I thought that Utah was supposed to be super-conservative...