Concerns Arise as AI Enters Nursing Roles
nordicinst · x · 2026-07-13
The article discusses concerns over nursing positions in New York being replaced by algorithms. AI/algorithms are entering hospital care workflows, but it remains questionable whether such substitutions will harm the quality of care.
The core conflict in the title is between "efficiency" and "care": In medical scenarios requiring continuous judgment and human interaction, regulators and observers prefer to retain the role of humans at the bedside and in record-keeping, rather than treating them merely as billing terminals.
More from AGI Musings
- NBER: Only 2.9% of US consumers pay for AI; retention as low as 20%, pricing power at risk — avicgoldfarb · 2026-10-26
- Black October: AI finds flaws in software powering 70% of websites as agent-led hacks hit 100+ firms — LearnWithBishal · 2026-10-26
- Benjamin Todd: AI progress beat superforecasters over 18 months — ben_j_todd · 2026-10-26
- AI researchers guessed robots wouldn't outrun humans until 2034 — it already happened — ben_j_todd · 2026-10-26
- AI folks, stop saying "biology" when you mean drug development — KevinKaichuang · 2026-10-26
- ESR on the Bugpocalypse: locking down frontier models only hands the game to Chinese open weights — colinmcnamara · 2026-10-26