A chat with my sister's doctor made me see AI in medicine differently

I was visiting my sister in Chicago last month, and her doctor mentioned they now use a system called 'DeepScribe' to write up patient notes. He said it saves him about 90 minutes a day. I always thought of AI in medicine as just for big scans, but he explained it's the small, boring tasks that drain time. It made me wonder what other daily jobs could be freed up by simple AI tools. Has anyone else heard of AI being used for these kinds of routine tasks in their field?

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william_henderson1mo ago

Notice how the best tech just fades into the background of our day. It's not about robot surgeons, it's about getting the boring stuff out of the way so people can do the actual human part of their jobs. You see it with grammar checkers for writers or scheduling bots that stop the email ping-pong. The real win is when you stop noticing the tool and just get your time back. Makes you wonder what other daily friction we just accept as normal, doesn't it?

felix_lane991mo ago

But is that friction always a bad thing? Sometimes the little annoyances force you to slow down and actually think, instead of just moving fast. Maybe we're automating away useful pauses.

derekjenkins1mo ago

Exactly. Friction makes you pay attention.