In a solid interview with the esteemed Jonathon Gruber K proposes a mitigation for the GOP's reduction of medicaid access through bureaucratic barriers only the most resourceful can overcome: "... is it possible for a few wealthy, decent people to fund a bunch of nonprofit private organizations that will basically do that, that will help people navigate through the system."
Ummm. Sadly, no. K has no personal experience with the world of government disability services, but as very well resourced parents of adults with disabilities we know better. There is no way any volunteer can endure the tedium and mad aggravation of bureaucratic barriers. Famously, scholars of bureaucratic corruption in Africa (who can now apply everything to America) sometimes suggest bribery as the most economically efficient way to bypass these kinds of extractive barriers.
But there is another way.
We could fund an AI agent that gathers the data, stores it, identifies gaps, fills them where possible, asks only for what is needed, accepts voice input, assembles the material, and submits it. Then, when the submitted paperwork or electronic transaction inevitable goes missing, submits it again. And again. And again. Until something cracks on the MAGA barrier and the transaction is completed.
The AI never tires. Never gets sick. Never gets bored. Never wavers. It's effective IQ for this process is the very top of the human scale.
If AI leadership is looking for an opportunity to see the value of agentic AI here it is.
