Being a doctor is one of the jobs expected to be least at risk from AI replacement. But a new program launched in Utah is raising questions over that assumption. A healthcare startup will begin offering AI examinations and prescriptions to patients without direct human oversight, making Utah the first state to replace a doctor with an AI.

The good news is that the program is currently very limited in its scope. It’s just one year long and only for patients with mild-to-moderate acne.

The process works when a person signs up for Nolla Health’s $4.99-per-month app and uses it to scan their face. After completing a medical history and personal information form, the AI analyzes their skin, identifies the acne problem, rates the skin’s oiliness, and then generates a numerical acne severity score that ranges between clear skin and severe acne, reports Bloomberg.

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    16 hours ago

    Doctors are so bad here, i bet as first contact AI performs better than those self prescribing money sucking meth junkies in white.

    Just ask your average pharmacist who cross checks prescriptions.

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      2 hours ago

      Wait till they take away pharmacist saying as AI doesn’t do any mistake we don’t need anyone to check. Cost saving to the max, no overhead.