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tenchiken@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

that's a great notion, but in the process real roles that ARE needed are empty until someone realizes the mistake, or until people die.

This sounds like overreaction, but what about for EMS services? 911 operations? Emergency room staffing? Nursing? Hospital IT staff?

Having open positions, or even just insufficiently filled hours, will cause situations where there are huge ramifications.

Just because someone isn't hired, doesn't mean the role isn't critical and needed... it means there's consequences if the need is unfilled. There's dozens (or more!) of medical professionals needed desperately that aren't being hired, ultimately due to greed (those driving the AI process here) and this results in worse care.

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RustyShackleford@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Most hospitals have more on staff for billing than nurses and doctors. It’s a sign the hospital system is far more interested in profits these days. Most of their staff is overworked due to not hiring enough nurses, which is likely intentional. Businesses are trying to see you can skate by with minimal workforce, why not give it a shot; it’s great for profit margins, until people start dying. I’m sure they figure that’s why they have insurance.

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- tenchiken@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yep, agree with all this.
  
  It doesn't detract from the fact that not hiring is still a cause for the situation deteriorating. Some of the businesses are using AI as the vehicle to refuse hiring while yelling about nobody wanting to work.
  
  ultimately, AI is just another tool in this case for the rich to continue enriching while maximizing profit.
  
  I hate it.
  
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- HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It is easier to hire a billing specialist instead of a nurse.
  
  There are a lot of positions out there that, due to education and experience requirements, the industry can’t fill.
  
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The_Italian_Uncut@beehaw.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You’re right: critical roles in healthcare, emergency services, hospital IT — they’re not being filled.

Not because they aren’t needed. Because the system doesn’t reward filling them. It rewards cost-cutting, higher margins, shareholder returns.

So we automate hiring with AI… …to justify not hiring humans.

The machine isn’t the problem. It’s the excuse.

We’re moving from a system that grew rich by exploiting people — with CEOs earning hundreds of times more than their workers — to one that thinks it can grow rich by eliminating workers altogether.

But if everyone cuts staff… who will buy the goods?

And when no one has money, who will buy what AI produces?

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