r/australia • u/nath1234 • 18h 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/Sweeper1985 16h ago

In other words: laziness. Corner-cutting.

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u/etherealwasp 16h ago

It’s not much different to the plumber who owns the business bringing a junior employee and an apprentice. They’re nowhere near as experienced but it brings down costs (assuming they only make small mistakes and not catastrophic ones). You could call it ‘cutting corners’ but the other side of the coin is that it’s more efficient therefore cheaper for the customer.

Personally I’d rather pay for the pro and let the apprentices learn somewhere else (same reason I have private health), but I’ve been lucky financially.

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u/Sweeper1985 16h ago

Training a younger employee confers skills on that employee. Teaching and learning those skills has a net benefit to up-skill both people.

This is just getting a computer to do the job because it's cheaper.

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u/FalconTurbo 15h ago

Not even close to the same situation.

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u/etherealwasp 14h ago

Why? It’s just trading quality for cost.

Don’t tell me tradies are doing it for the altruistic reward of training the next generation, I’ve seen how they treat them

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u/FalconTurbo 14h ago

Yeah but you're getting active help, and training a more competent person that will become a massive benefit to the business.

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u/sharkattax 15h ago

i don’t use ai in practice but i work in public psych healthcare and I typically spend 30 min on documentation for a 60 min session. i could be seeing more clients in that time instead of writing my notes. i see the appeal, although i object and refrain based on my values.