Not really. Workers are left taking the blame for forced implementation from the executive level. They save the costs and work staff harder… But when it fucks up then the workers can take the blame. Responsibility for this needs to sit higher up with those who forced faulty tools on everyone. AI is being forced into the NHS against all protests and objections.
I can understand this to some degree, but I largely disagree.
AI is a tool. The user of the tool should be the one that carries responsibility. I don’t have the stats, but I imagine that most jobs that relied on hand tools suffered more injury when power tools were introduced, but again, it’s up to the person using the tool to use it responsibly.
Granted, thats not a perfect analogy because AI definitely doesn’t present the same marked improvements as power tools, but the responsibility of the user doesn’t change.
The power tools are faulty, and they’re being forced to use them. You’re assuming the people using the AI have the power to reject what the AI says. I’m not sure that’s true.
I love how the AI booster narrative for using it shifted so quickly from “buh it it will make medicine better!” to “it’s the doctor’s fault when it fails!”
Or maybe that’s the point. Heap unwarranted praise at the feet of the AI corpos, shift all externalities and blame onto the victims.
Not really. Workers are left taking the blame for forced implementation from the executive level. They save the costs and work staff harder… But when it fucks up then the workers can take the blame. Responsibility for this needs to sit higher up with those who forced faulty tools on everyone. AI is being forced into the NHS against all protests and objections.
Then they have an obligation to fight back. Or they can lose their job because they blindly followed AI.
And resistance can only be collective. Another reason unionisation is as important as it’s ever been.
I thought the NHS had a pretty good union, no?
Any doctor using an LLM or ML algorithm for anything but analysing huge quantities of data deserves to be lambasted
Does the “following orders” defense work sometimes?
Almost always
Especially if you have archived that email saying ftfu and AI. I’ve been hoarding these since this idiocy started.
Only when standards are not at their highest? If so, that wouldn’t look good.
Are the individual workers being sued, or is the hospital?
I can understand this to some degree, but I largely disagree.
AI is a tool. The user of the tool should be the one that carries responsibility. I don’t have the stats, but I imagine that most jobs that relied on hand tools suffered more injury when power tools were introduced, but again, it’s up to the person using the tool to use it responsibly.
Granted, thats not a perfect analogy because AI definitely doesn’t present the same marked improvements as power tools, but the responsibility of the user doesn’t change.
The power tools are faulty, and they’re being forced to use them. You’re assuming the people using the AI have the power to reject what the AI says. I’m not sure that’s true.
Now that they’re personally liable for what it outputs, they definitely can. Your boss can’t force you to break the law.
I love how the AI booster narrative for using it shifted so quickly from “buh it it will make medicine better!” to “it’s the doctor’s fault when it fails!”
Or maybe that’s the point. Heap unwarranted praise at the feet of the AI corpos, shift all externalities and blame onto the victims.
Being liable for medical malpractice and breaking the law are almost completely mutually exclusive.
It’s almost always a civil suit, often between insurance companies.
Well, if you want to lose your job, you’re right!