NHS to use AI on its app to direct patients to appropriate services

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/04/nhs-ai-app-patients-appropriate-services-health

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rjek@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 52d (1 reply)

This sounds exactly like the "Expert Systems" - ie, an interactive flowchart, we had in the 80s. I do wish people would stop labelling everything AI.

stsquad@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 52d

AI used to cover a wide field of study, nowadays it seems to be all about the generative models. Oh how we've moved on since that original summer symposium.

Lanvjscdlk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 52d

The "appropriate services" in question: "talk to your GP," who will either not refer you or will put you on a 10 year waiting list. Don't need an AI system for that.