> Even if you’re paying a gazillion dollars for IVF treatments, you still only get a few precious moments to talk to your doctor every visit. That’s just how the US medical system works. If you want to plumb the depths of what treatments are possible, or ask super detailed and anxiety ridden questions about every single scan from the latest round of imaging, you’re going to want a chatbot by your side.
Ehm, no. I want doctors by my side working in a system that is not meant to be producing gains for the rich investors but to help the sick and sad.
Just imagine what could be done with all those billions poured into datacenters and GPUs, if they were invested in public goods like a decent health system!
djaboss · · focus · HN ↗
Ehm, no. I want doctors by my side working in a system that is not meant to be producing gains for the rich investors but to help the sick and sad.
Just imagine what could be done with all those billions poured into datacenters and GPUs, if they were invested in public goods like a decent health system!
s1artibartfast · · focus · HN ↗
About $310B+ has been invested in OpenAI and Anthropic represents their total venture funding over their entire corporate histories.
The majority of doctor's offices and hospitals are already nonprofit. Many of them are state-run.
By contrast, the U.S. spends $14 Billion to $15 Billion every single day on healthcare, around 5 trillion per year.