overgeeked
B/X Known World
A lot of people are going to die. I asked a bot about something yesterday and it confused three and five. If it does that with someone’s meds or care intructions, that’s going to result in dead patients and lawsuits. Thankfully there are unions out there that will be bulwarks against this. Too bad more people aren’t in unions. And, as mentioned, lots more people out of work.On Gizmodo this morning:
Nursing has traditionally been one of the best-paying professions that doesn't require years of post-graduate work and is traditionally popular with people from poorer communities and immigrant communities as a way to lift whole families out of poverty and on the track to the middle class.
As always, this is going after the most repetitive aspects of a job and automating them. And while I certainly wouldn't want a chatbot trying to guess from context what the next word was in my healthcare instructions, they're just going to get better.
And AI companies will be coming for all the repetitive stuff in all of our jobs -- and we've all got those -- as soon as it makes financial sense for the bosses to do so.
I wonder at what point will the techbros around here see “AI” as a problem. Maybe when it directly impacts them and their family. It would be great if empathy were a more widespread trait.