This is a good way to evaluate the technology.

Acne is a real problem for some people, but comparatively low stakes, mostly visual evaluation, and with pretty well-known solutions. (Of course everything has corner cases, but in general this is a well understood area.)

I have no idea how well this will go, but starting here rather than, say, robotic cancer treatments, can help AI medicine develop into more.

If it does go badly, then after a year we can re-evaluate and either give up or refine the system.

▲ EA-3167 10 hours ago | parent [-]

What you’re describing wouldn’t be ethical even if everyone participated voluntarily, experiments on humans have to clear high hurdles.

	▲	anilgulecha 39 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		`I notice acne. I have a choice of going to a regular doc, or this ai clinic. I decide to go to ai clinic (and take the risk of prescription that may be incorrect). I get the prescription. Probably double check it with Gemini or chatgpt. I get the medicine and use it.` Can you describe why it would be unethical for me to voluntarily go to this for my hypothetical acne. I can't seem to think of what I'm doing ethically wrong - at which step above did I cross the line?
	▲	bogwog 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes, and there's no shortage of historical examples showing why we need those hurdles to be so high.