{"id":20637,"date":"2025-10-28T12:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/deepseek-is-humane-doctors-are-more-like-machines-my-mothers-worrying-reliance-on-ai-for-health-advice\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:37:44","slug":"deepseek-is-humane-doctors-are-more-like-machines-my-mothers-worrying-reliance-on-ai-for-health-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/deepseek-is-humane-doctors-are-more-like-machines-my-mothers-worrying-reliance-on-ai-for-health-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines\u2019: my mother\u2019s worrying reliance on AI for health advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medic<\/p>\n

This essay was originally published on Rest of world<\/a><\/p>\n

Every few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in eastern China, embarks on a two-day journey to see her doctor. She fills her backpack with a change of clothes, a stack of medical reports and a few boiled eggs to snack on. Then, she takes a 90-minute ride on a high-speed train and checks into a hotel in the eastern metropolis of Hangzhou.<\/p>\n

At 7am the next day, she lines up with hundreds of others to get her blood taken in a long hospital hall that buzzes like a crowded marketplace. In the afternoon, when the lab results arrive, she makes her way to a specialist\u2019s clinic. She gets about three minutes with the doctor. Maybe five, if she\u2019s lucky. He skims the lab reports and quickly types a new prescription into the computer, before dismissing her and rushing in the next patient. Then, my mother packs up and starts the long commute home.<\/p>\n

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\nTired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medic
\nThis essay was originally published on Rest of world
\nEvery few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in eastern China, embarks on a two-day journey to see her doctor. She fills her backpack with a change of clothes, a stack of medical reports and a few boiled eggs to snack on. Then, she takes a 90-minute ride on a high-speed train and checks into a hotel in the eastern metropolis of Hangzhou.
\nAt 7am the next day, she lines up with hundreds of others to get her blood taken in a long hospital hall that buzzes like a crowded marketplace. In the afternoon, when the lab results arrive, she makes her way to a specialist\u2019s clinic. She gets about three minutes with the doctor. Maybe five, if she\u2019s lucky. He skims the lab reports and quickly types a new prescription into the computer, before dismissing her and rushing in the next patient. Then, my mother packs up and starts the long commute home. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medic This essay was originally published on Rest of world Every few months, my mother, a 57-year-old …<\/p>\n

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