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Quinzel 49 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Are you scared too that AI will replace wh...

And on the topic of psychiatry there’s also things I don’t think humans are ready to let AI do. I can see how some assessments could be done easier with AI, and how some therapies could also be done using AI… But can you imagine a chronically depressed person being willing to let an AI do ECT’s on them??

Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 45 days ago [–]

Well in practice ECTs are hard to do because of the drugs and anesthesia, the psychiatrist present is practically here for legal reason in my experience.

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