re: Ex-Facebook Exec Warns Of ‘Revolution’ Caused By Job Automation

Lol one of their pieces of evidence that doctors will be replaced is the frequency people use WebMD. WebMD leads to MORE doctor's visits because people think they have a brain tumor when it's really a migraine.

The average person has no idea how to diagnose their own illnesses, and differential diagnoses are huge for common nonspecific symptoms. Not to mention, patients are unreliable historians. A knowledgeable person has to take histories and perform physical exams.

Nobody is going to trust their life to a robot anytime soon. Essentially all current automation is designed to be used BY doctors not in place of them - similar to using a calculator.

Will automation impact the profession? Sure. But you aren't going to see mass doctor unemployment any time soon. The profession will adapt.

Lawyers? Who cares? Good riddance.