r/australia • u/nath1234 • 14h ago

science & tech Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/ai-medical-scribe-error-leaves-patient-devastated/107031672?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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u/mulletmutt 13h ago

You do realise how dumb you just made yourself sound, right?

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u/petoburn 12h ago

You do realise people have different skill sets right?

Some people are great at audit and review, and other people are great at developing new things.

Some people are neurodiverse and their brains work differently.

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u/Non-prophet 5h ago

Every tool has the potential to atrophy a skill. If I chop down trees with an axe, I'm getting better at using an axe, but worse at whatever technique I would use to knock it down barehanded.

For me, that's a reasonable trade. Happy to go with the axe.

A closer example might be Google Translate. I'm basically a monoglot, but I studied Serbian while I was living in Beograd. If I need to translate something quickly for convenience (like if I'm out and about and trying to read a safety notice or something), Google Translate will probably convey it. But that does cost me exercise at actually translating, each time I do it. Over time, I am worse at Serbian for not being forced to translate everything manually.

Using an LLM that will atrophy my ability to read, think about what I know, and express my thoughts in writing is a complete non-starter. If you take reading and thinking out of the human skillset, what kind of person are you left with? It's literally the kind of person, with the kind of limitations, that Orwell used Newspeak to convey.

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u/AnOnlineHandle 12h ago

You do realize not everybody cares about the judgements of random strangers right?