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David Kyle Johnson

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

No one is thinking, what is the experience of the end user here?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Well, that's it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I know for a fact that the EMR that was installed at my hospital, that they would have had to spend $2 million to have user interface experts remake the user interface, and they just chose not to.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And the user interface is horrible.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

The backend is great.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

The user interface is terrible.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Yeah, it's its own specialty.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And so I do think that maybe the non-experts don't realize how bad they are.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And companies are like, well, why do we need to spend all this money for something that seems superficial when, in fact, it's often critical?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

It is the actual experience of the end user.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I don't know.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Maybe if it was trained properly, I would say yeah, but it could.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

But isn't there like a big pushback by programmers against AI sort of doing their jobs for them, which I understand.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Well, they exist.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

They're just not being used properly.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

There's a whole subspecialty among programmers that their expertise is the user interface.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

They're just not being utilized consistently.