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lm28469last Thursday at 10:17 AM2 repliesview on HN

> often because of costs/insurance but sometimes literally just accessibility/availability.

These are self inflicted problems, we should work on these and improve them, not give up and rely on llms for everything


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ogogmadlast Thursday at 2:32 PM

Is there a proven and guaranteed way to do this? Because otherwise it sounds very idealistic, almost like "if everything were somehow better, then things would be less bad". Doctor time will always be scarce. It sounds like it delays helping people in the here and now in order to solve some very complicated system-wide problem.

LLMs might make doctors cheaper (and reduce their pay) by lowering demand for them. The law of supply and demand then implies that care will be cheaper. Do we not want cheaper care? Similarly, LLMs reduce the backlog, so patients who do need to see a doctor can be seen faster, and they don't need as many visits.

LLMs can also break the stranglehold of medical schools: It's easier to become an auto-didact using an LLM since an LLM can act like a personal tutor, by answering questions about the medical field directly.

LLMs might be one of the most important technologies in medicine.

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drusepthlast Friday at 2:16 AM

I think the "we" that can work on these systemic problems and actually improve them are a very different "we" than those of us who just need basic health care right now and will take anything "we" can get.