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Just another reason to tell Musk to go fuck himself....... (Original Post) AZ8theist 11 hrs ago OP
So he is going to install his medical technology company and charge the US a fortune. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #1
My great fear...... AZ8theist 10 hrs ago #2
AI would be one way to make very heavy cuts to HHS and very quickly. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #3
Not just fire Drs GusBob 9 hrs ago #4
Yes the insurance companies will stop paying clinicians and staff. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #5

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
1. So he is going to install his medical technology company and charge the US a fortune.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:03 PM
10 hrs ago

And fire all the doctors and radiologists.

AZ8theist

(6,491 posts)
2. My great fear......
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:00 PM
10 hrs ago

....is that he will somehow have his fantastic AI take over Medicare decisions.
You know, his great AI that is killing people in so-called "self driving" Teslas?

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
3. AI would be one way to make very heavy cuts to HHS and very quickly.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:16 PM
9 hrs ago

Install AI and entire departments would be fired.
Mandate that all hospitals and clinics use AI to read all lab reports.
Do routine care and surgery.
Do ER screening.

Every thing is an AI algorithm.

All of this done by Musk's own companies.
The technology all designed by Musk himself with the help of random people posting their X-rays
and MRIs online.

Musk makes $billions, gives Trump his share, and cuts the budget at HHS.
The savings of course go into Musk and Trump pockets.

The higher death rate is just part of the business model.
Saving lives costs too much money.

Lower US life expectancy so it is the same as Russia's.

GusBob

(7,531 posts)
4. Not just fire Drs
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:23 PM
9 hrs ago

Their staffs will be replaced by bots and clinics shut down.

So corporate overlords including insurance companies can take over

AmazonMD and Dental, coming soon

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
5. Yes the insurance companies will stop paying clinicians and staff.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:30 PM
9 hrs ago

It will be barebones AI medical care.

I recently drove by a huge huge area consisting of Amazon warehouses and possibly office buildings.
Or so I thought.

The warehouses were mammoth, bigger than anything I have ever seen.

I realized there were either no parking lots or just tiny ones here and there.

It hit me then that there are few people in these buildings.
Everything is AI and robots.

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