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A Boring Dystopia
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If there is no Dr present...it is just an office.
One of the major reasons to go to a Dr is to have them ask questions or notice changes in things you have no knowledge of, that is why they study for years.
For the same reasons tech bros have fucked up ideas about money (crypto/NFT) and transport (self driving a year away for the past 17 years) there is no way I want them in control of medicine like this.
Relevant XKCD
The last time I went to a doctor, they read a list of questions from a form, entered my answers into their system, and then said they'd get back to me in a couple weeks to tell me if my insurance company would allow a follow-up. That appointment should have been a web page.
Most doctor's appointments I've had recently have followed the same pattern. A good doctor is invaluable. A burnt-out noob doctor following strict procedure is like a worse GPT that your have to meet in a building full of every conceivable virus, and that costs $500 instead of $0.05. A motivated layman with GPT4 and a prescription pad would have beaten 3 out of 4 doctors I've seen since covid.
This is just my experience in the US mind you. Maybe I've had bad luck with humans, but I haven't been impressed since all of the experienced ones retired.