Ex–Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time in the era of AI

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Anonymous wrote:I sense that people like Google execs will ensure they have access to high quality in-person medical visits with cream of the crop doctors and lawyers while the rest of us are told to fxk off and talk to the machine.

You don’t get it. The machine with a few years of training will be better than an inner city ER doctor. The malpractice will be much less common. Similar to how Waymo is safer than human drivers.

But we're still human. Scared and suffering humans typically want another human being helping them. Talking to a chatbot when you think you have cancer is a frightening idea. The wealthy are going to fly their asses to the best clinics in Europe and expect highly skilled, attentive doctors with the best bedside manners. And if they need that ER doc? That's what pricey concierge medicine is for-- personal attention.

lol if you think your average Medicaid oncologist has a better bedtime manner than AI. AI has a higher EQ and speaks better English. Stop resenting the rich for having more resources and think what’s best for the poor (AI medicine)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You weenies should read the article. The guy isn't saying that doctors and lawyers and scientists are obsolete. He's saying that spending half a million dollars and 3 years to memorize a ton of information already in books is a waste of money and time.

Law school involves almost no memorization, so that's another great example of AI guys thinking they understand jobs they don't do and education they didn't get. I hate the phrase "think like a lawyer" but it's an accurate description of what you learn in law school - skills not information.

There’s a ton of memorization in law school and “thinking like a lawyer” is a cheap marketing gimmick to entice 23 year olds at career crossroads to pay 150k+ to listen to smelly boomers talk about their activism in college while the Nixon got impeached. It should be an undergrad major (and it’d be an easy one), no one has to go to grad school to work at Point72 or another megafund, which requires way more intellectual firepower and training than anything in law.

All the exams in law school are open book and open notes? I literally never had a closed book exam at my T14 law school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sense that people like Google execs will ensure they have access to high quality in-person medical visits with cream of the crop doctors and lawyers while the rest of us are told to fxk off and talk to the machine.

You don’t get it. The machine with a few years of training will be better than an inner city ER doctor. The malpractice will be much less common. Similar to how Waymo is safer than human drivers.

But we're still human. Scared and suffering humans typically want another human being helping them. Talking to a chatbot when you think you have cancer is a frightening idea. The wealthy are going to fly their asses to the best clinics in Europe and expect highly skilled, attentive doctors with the best bedside manners. And if they need that ER doc? That's what pricey concierge medicine is for-- personal attention.

lol if you think your average Medicaid oncologist has a better bedtime manner than AI. AI has a higher EQ and speaks better English. Stop resenting the rich for having more resources and think what’s best for the poor (AI medicine)

It's so wonderful that most of us hit the operator button after calling customer service so we can speak to a real human being. We'll be frantically hitting the operator button in the medical industry, too. Machines are machines, and machines fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sense that people like Google execs will ensure they have access to high quality in-person medical visits with cream of the crop doctors and lawyers while the rest of us are told to fxk off and talk to the machine.

You don’t get it. The machine with a few years of training will be better than an inner city ER doctor. The malpractice will be much less common. Similar to how Waymo is safer than human drivers.

But we're still human. Scared and suffering humans typically want another human being helping them. Talking to a chatbot when you think you have cancer is a frightening idea. The wealthy are going to fly their asses to the best clinics in Europe and expect highly skilled, attentive doctors with the best bedside manners. And if they need that ER doc? That's what pricey concierge medicine is for-- personal attention.

lol if you think your average Medicaid oncologist has a better bedtime manner than AI. AI has a higher EQ and speaks better English. Stop resenting the rich for having more resources and think what’s best for the poor (AI medicine)

We won't resent the rich as long as they stop insisting what's best for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ex-google-exec-says-degrees-in-law-and-medicine-are-a-waste-of-time-because-they-take-so-long-to-complete-that-ai-will-catch-up-by-graduation/ar-AA1W8Fzh?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=69ad725a7d7b4a33a3b8db35aa5b5448&ei=29

My DS and DD are in first year of medical school with student loan debt at public universities, and this really scares me. My younger brother is working for an AI company specializing in radiology that can do a much better job than a radiologist.

If your younger brother is working for a radiology AI firm, he should know they are nowhere close to reaching where radiologists are so this statement alone disqualifies you.

I am in tech, AI specifically.

DH is in medicine, but collaborating to have AI in medicine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You weenies should read the article. The guy isn't saying that doctors and lawyers and scientists are obsolete. He's saying that spending half a million dollars and 3 years to memorize a ton of information already in books is a waste of money and time.

Law school involves almost no memorization, so that's another great example of AI guys thinking they understand jobs they don't do and education they didn't get. I hate the phrase "think like a lawyer" but it's an accurate description of what you learn in law school - skills not information.

There’s a ton of memorization in law school and “thinking like a lawyer” is a cheap marketing gimmick to entice 23 year olds at career crossroads to pay 150k+ to listen to smelly boomers talk about their activism in college while the Nixon got impeached. It should be an undergrad major (and it’d be an easy one), no one has to go to grad school to work at Point72 or another megafund, which requires way more intellectual firepower and training than anything in law.

All the exams in law school are open book and open notes? I literally never had a closed book exam at my T14 law school.

Those hundred page outlines of black letter law are for bad students. The top 10% have it memorized and regurgitate for the essays. There’s almost no thought involved in law school exams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sense that people like Google execs will ensure they have access to high quality in-person medical visits with cream of the crop doctors and lawyers while the rest of us are told to fxk off and talk to the machine.

You don’t get it. The machine with a few years of training will be better than an inner city ER doctor. The malpractice will be much less common. Similar to how Waymo is safer than human drivers.

But we're still human. Scared and suffering humans typically want another human being helping them. Talking to a chatbot when you think you have cancer is a frightening idea. The wealthy are going to fly their asses to the best clinics in Europe and expect highly skilled, attentive doctors with the best bedside manners. And if they need that ER doc? That's what pricey concierge medicine is for-- personal attention.

lol if you think your average Medicaid oncologist has a better bedtime manner than AI. AI has a higher EQ and speaks better English. Stop resenting the rich for having more resources and think what’s best for the poor (AI medicine)

It's so wonderful that most of us hit the operator button after calling customer service so we can speak to a real human being. We'll be frantically hitting the operator button in the medical industry, too. Machines are machines, and machines fail.

I stopped hitting that button when most “humans” were in Indian call centers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There will never be a true replacement of a physician, but I noticed our newest med school class is full of students who are working on si projects.

That might be true, but instead of needing 10 radiologists, they now need 1 to sign off final approval.

Again, this is far from truth. Seriously, stop the hyperboles. You are embarrassing yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ex-google-exec-says-degrees-in-law-and-medicine-are-a-waste-of-time-because-they-take-so-long-to-complete-that-ai-will-catch-up-by-graduation/ar-AA1W8Fzh?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=69ad725a7d7b4a33a3b8db35aa5b5448&ei=29

My DS and DD are in first year of medical school with student loan debt at public universities, and this really scares me. My younger brother is working for an AI company specializing in radiology that can do a much better job than a radiologist.

If your younger brother is working for a radiology AI firm, he should know they are nowhere close to reaching where radiologists are so this statement alone disqualifies you.

I am in tech, AI specifically.

DH is in medicine, but collaborating to have AI in medicine.

Tlr your AI product is bad and you’re going to get Schlonged by the competition

[Anonymous]

The end goal of AI is to hoard and micromanage resources so the bulk of the money goes to the 1%. The goal is not to actually improve life on Earth. Fire people, hoard the money and leave the rest of us dependent on AI and its low quality output. Have a problem with how the 1% is handling things? Talk to the hand. The AI owners want to create the big Oz head the plebes have to contend with while they pay a few lucky drones to pull the levers from behind the curtains (on their well-guarded compounds). You want a lawyer, doctor? We'll give you the one we've programmed for those in your social class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The end goal of AI is to hoard and micromanage resources so the bulk of the money goes to the 1%. The goal is not to actually improve life on Earth. Fire people, hoard the money and leave the rest of us dependent on AI and its low quality output. Have a problem with how the 1% is handling things? Talk to the hand. The AI owners want to create the big Oz head the plebes have to contend with while they pay a few lucky drones to pull the levers from behind the curtains (on their well-guarded compounds). You want a lawyer, doctor? We'll give you the one we've programmed for those in your social class.

You’re welcome to hire and pay a living attorney or doctor. No one is stopping you. You’ll quickly realize, when AI is an alternative, that they are overpaid cartels and not worth the money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ex-google-exec-says-degrees-in-law-and-medicine-are-a-waste-of-time-because-they-take-so-long-to-complete-that-ai-will-catch-up-by-graduation/ar-AA1W8Fzh?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=69ad725a7d7b4a33a3b8db35aa5b5448&ei=29

My DS and DD are in first year of medical school with student loan debt at public universities, and this really scares me. My younger brother is working for an AI company specializing in radiology that can do a much better job than a radiologist.

How much does that tech bro stand to earn by making everyone think AI is all that? They will make bank on stocks and be on to the next tech thing they will not allow their own children to use.

Sorry, bro. When I need a tumor removed or a chemo treatment plan, I want a human and not AI slop.

I am hiring a lawyer this week to do my estate planning. Not using AI for that either.

Claude will let you know what to do in terms of documents and financial planing to minimize the estate tax. As an attorney, it is 95% of the way there in terms of the actual strategy of estate law. In terms of documents, it is probably 3 years away from outperforming the median estate attorney. Maybe five years from being near perfect.

So still 3 years away from doing one of the most basic practice areas better than the median lawyer….

For HNW individuals it is far from the most basic practice area. It will overtake junior transactional work in a quicker timeframe.

It is very basic even for UHNW. And estate lawyers, including for UNHW, have been using software to draft for decades.

Tell me you’ve never hired a lawyer without telling me you’ve never hired a lawyer (except maybe for your degenerate daughter’s DUI with her illegal bf)

Estate planning is where bottom tier lawyers go after they cannot hack it in personal injury

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sense that people like Google execs will ensure they have access to high quality in-person medical visits with cream of the crop doctors and lawyers while the rest of us are told to fxk off and talk to the machine.

You don’t get it. The machine with a few years of training will be better than an inner city ER doctor. The malpractice will be much less common. Similar to how Waymo is safer than human drivers.

I'll believe it when I see the evidence for it. So far there are a lot of empty promises.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You weenies should read the article. The guy isn't saying that doctors and lawyers and scientists are obsolete. He's saying that spending half a million dollars and 3 years to memorize a ton of information already in books is a waste of money and time.

Law school involves almost no memorization, so that's another great example of AI guys thinking they understand jobs they don't do and education they didn't get. I hate the phrase "think like a lawyer" but it's an accurate description of what you learn in law school - skills not information.

There’s a ton of memorization in law school and “thinking like a lawyer” is a cheap marketing gimmick to entice 23 year olds at career crossroads to pay 150k+ to listen to smelly boomers talk about their activism in college while the Nixon got impeached. It should be an undergrad major (and it’d be an easy one), no one has to go to grad school to work at Point72 or another megafund, which requires way more intellectual firepower and training than anything in law.

All the exams in law school are open book and open notes? I literally never had a closed book exam at my T14 law school.

Those hundred page outlines of black letter law are for bad students. The top 10% have it memorized and regurgitate for the essays. There’s almost no thought involved in law school exams.

I didn’t graduate in the top 10%, but I did graduate with honors, get on law review, publish my note in the law review, and get a federal clerkship. I did not memorize for law school. I had short, well-labeled “attack outlines” in addition to longer reference outlines that were well-indexed. Most law school exams are issue-spotters. Those definitely require thought and analysis.

[Anonymous]

1000% not true for medicine.

Law. Maybe. The field appears to be over saturated and it’s hard for junior lawyers to find their niche.