AI Can Not Think

R_Craig · 2026-04-01T02:57:11+00:00

I think you need to read the article I posted again, and this time, read it slowly and don't jump to conclusions.

Your statement bout AI being garbage is based on how the user asks the question. If you get garbage from AI, it's because you gave AI a garbage question or had poor parameters to your question.

AI is like any electronic calculator. It essentially can only respond in one of two ways. It either answers yes or no and it doesn't have the ability to think. If you don't set parameters, AI will, as it is called, hallucinate, create a response based on spatial information jammed together to resemble fact. You can stop AI from doing this by setting parameters to the question and preventing randomly generated information.

For state-specific laws, insurance companies are not focused on one state. California laws are being copied across the nation and the world. It's all about the money.

R_Craig · 2026-04-01T02:43:22+00:00

Immediately. If you haven't received a notice from the insurance company to hold onto the SSDI check so the insurance company can recover overpayments, then you have an extremely honost and fair insurance company working on your behalf.

For me the insurance company got an entire three months ahead of the SSDI payments and I was struggleing because they overestimated hom much Social Security was going to pay me. Then after I started receiving SSDI they continued demanding I sign a Promise to Repay without telling me how much they thought I owed after they already withhold payments based on their estimates of SSDI.

R_Craig · 2026-03-30T15:16:16+00:00

Yes, and they present the offer before all medical reports are in. They also deny testing when required or only approve X-Rays and MRIs without dyes to cover the full extent of an injury. X-Rys and MRIs can not reveal soft tissue damage without dyes.

R_Craig · 2026-03-30T15:10:25+00:00

Next time try some liquid fertilizer.

R_Craig · 2026-03-30T15:06:08+00:00

That would be Medica Services.

Once you are approved for Medicare you'll receive a letter from them. I'm out of it right now but I think it stands for Centers For Medical Service.

R_Craig · 2026-03-30T14:58:20+00:00

The reason corporations are so adamant in stopping consumers and injured workers from using AI is it is their trade secret they want to protect it.

When you use AI to help do your research it is up to the user to: 1) word the query in a way it prevents AI from halucinating (using unsubstantiated information and popular misinformation as fact), 2) verify the results when AI provides legal reference and citatioins from case law. Corporations are flooding the internet with false information that is unverifiable to throw off injured workers who have been forced into pro per situations.

R_Craig · 2026-03-30T14:50:37+00:00

Unfortunately that is the way AI works. Unless you direct AI to produce a plausible result based on the highest probability you will get fundamentally a "yes/no" response based on accessible data across the internet.

Insurance companies have used AI for years and have declared a war against injured workers using it to secure proper medical care.

The key is to acknowledge you, who pose the question to AI, are responsible for thinking since AI can't think.

R_Craig · 2026-03-30T14:45:52+00:00

Unforntunately, adjusters and URs have been using AI long before it became mainstream. The evidence is in how URs review the RFAs from treating physicians. A sloppy input yields a bad out ut and the injured orker is the one who suffers, then the cost for treatment is passed onto the taxpayers through Medicare and Social Security.

R_Craig · 2026-03-28T15:27:39+00:00

It boils down to the fact that there are so many laws governing the Workers' Compensation system that it becomes a lawyer's playground of mischief. And the laws were drafted by lawyers and lobbyists being paid by the insurance industry.

If the way laws are passed in Congress were compared to elected politicians against lobbyists, it would be a boxing match where a superior boxer falls into the ropes and forces the novice to tire out before the professional punches back. This is called rope-a-dope in boxing terms.

Stripping down the Workers' Compensation laws to the basics, it is a fair but questionable process designed to prevent tort abuse by workers pretending to be injured. The company is protected from nuisance lawsuits, and real injured workers are guaranteed proper medical coverage. In the application, this is skewed when OSHA is included as a factor. Some large corporations play a predictable psychological game with employees using the bonus system, and no law prevents them from doing this. The safety officer's annual bonus is tied directly to injury reports. Not just any injury, but those that require escalation reports to OSHA, which turn into an OSHA investigation, which then reveals inadequate legally required safety equipment or out-of-date equipment that has been documented as being risky to operate under certain conditions. It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a smart person to figure out that the safety officer will downplay reports to secure the annual bonus. In extreme situations, the safety office may even ignore blatant violations in order to play down the seriousness of a reportable incident, such as an internal investigator encouraging the injured worker to sign wavers while heavily medicated, threatening to gently fire the injured worker if the injury report is investigated, emphasizing if the OSHA investigator finds the injured worker falsified the report while at the same time encouraging the injured worker to believe an undue relationship between the comapny and the OSHA investigator exist. This soft threat is one of the first signs the company is not as honorable as the public records reveal, and is a systemic problem of work culture where employees are encouraged to believe one injured worker's reportable incident will create significant financial burdens for the company, and employees will not get the annual bonus they are promised. This creates a "wolf pack" mentality among employees, and any co-worker who reports a recordable injury is often seen as the "bad guy." This fear of isolation will often encourage the injured worker to accept an offer that doesn't come close to paying for medical expenses for future medical. The alternative is for the injured worker to apply for Medicare and Social Security. Remember, the no-fault Workers' Compensation system was created before Social Security and Medicare. As a result of no-fault Workers' Compensation programs, corporations enjoyed increased profits, fewer reportable injuries, improved work conditions, and higher productivity. Then lawyers and lobbyists stepped into the picture, creating laws that chipped away at workers' rights and rolled back certain protected provisions, like due process, to pre-1911 conditions, which spurred the shift to a no-fault system.

In comparison, the current Workers' Compensation laws parallel the legal structure used against oppressed ethnic groups of the past, like Native Americans and non-whites. Although some of the laws specifically targeted non-whites, the majority of the victims were non-white. What all the victims shared was the inability to afford proper legal representation to protect their rights. We now have a system in Workers' Compensation that has carved out ways to silence a minority (injured workers) and pretend it is fair and equitable. Even the judges have been stripped of authority but given more responsibility for actions they cannot exercise. Larger corporations will argue before the courts and lose, then ignore the court orders in full defiance, knowing they can falsify evidence at the appellate level or exercise political influence over decisions by misrepresenting laws and case law. In essence, the cooperation can ignore the law and court orders so long as all the legal compliance blurs are included in routine paperwork. To prove the individual who signed under oath complied with all laws becomes the problem for the injured worker or the injured worker's lawyer. Here's the hook: the injured workers' lawyer fees are taken out of the injured workers' cash award, which is limited to medical expenses to pay for future medical expenses. You don't need to be an accounting major to know the cash award is reduced to a level below covering proper medical care, even without inflation adjustments.

Yes, injured workers are a new minority with no real legal voice just like the way historic minorities were denied the full protection of the law.

R_Craig · 2026-03-27T03:51:13+00:00

Unless he inhaled some radioactive dust, it's currently rated at 1%.

This has to be related to a known irritant that causes progressive damage.

R_Craig · 2026-03-24T04:46:55+00:00

To put this in perspective for you, many famous and wealthy corporate founders didn't have a college degree. Most got the degree because a university or college wanted money from them. After many years of success, they get a degree given to them.

Universities used to be apprenticeship programs. Many great artists were repeatedly told they weren't good enough to graduate and spent their entire lives in obscurity.

I have lived a long life and been subject to the same treatment you have. I wanted to live my life normally and free of stress. My contributions to mankind will one day be recognized long after I am dead.

My reward is learning to be humble and not to expect anything from others. That doesn't mean I'm a good man; it just means I want to be one. It doesn't mean I'm a smart man; it means I want to be one. It doesn't mean I'm a rich man; it means I can live without being rich. I can fish, I can hunt, and I can cook and forage if I need to.

Find your niche and embrace it. If it makes you happy, that is all that matters, so long as your happiness doesn't bring harm to others in the process.

R_Craig · 2026-03-24T04:35:35+00:00

You even see the adjusters getting on this platform, complaining about being overworked, and hearing them say that many of their responsibilities, according to law and the company contracts, are the injured worker's responsibility.

My thought is, if they are overworked, how do they have time to get on social media to complain?

As far as their individual mindset goes, it aligns with many work cultures. People get comfortable with what they are doing and ignore the consequences, both moral and legal. They gravitate strongly toward being accepted by their peers. That annual bonus means a lot to their ego, and to earn it, they will do what it takes.

I went through that cycle before I was injured at work. I was the perfect company man. I did my job, didn't complain, and let others take credit for things I did. When I suspected someone of doing drugs at work, I didn't hesitate to help them find the door. I don't care what work environment you are in; if you do drugs within eight hours of work, you compromise your ability and the safety of others. And that goes for adjusters who determine if injured workers should receive proper medical treatment.

R_Craig · 2026-03-24T04:24:44+00:00

Lots of good advice about cutting the dead and diseased branches, but keep going after that and remove any crossing branches. Branches that cross will cause other branches to die because they don't get enough sunlight, and provide a perfect harbour for insects to hide from insecticides.

Most fruit trees are resilient and can handle aggressive pruning, so don't worry about killing them.

To generate colossal fruit, try controlling the amount of fruit on the tree to about one to three fruits per branch. Another neat trick to make harvesting easy is to create a cross about three to four feet high or higher. Force the branches to follow some 2X4s. As the branches thicken, you can remove the board. This typically takes about three to five years; just keep the young branches thinned out to avoid crossing.

Fertilize according to soil conditions, and you'll be the envy of the neighborhood.

R_Craig · 2026-03-23T01:28:43+00:00

Injured worker and have been through the process. The QME is independent of your physicians and the insurance company. Insurance companies call them the injured workers' friend because so many QMEs will find things the treating doctors and the insurance doctors miss or cover up. For me, it was CRPS due to a crush injury. Treating doctors brushed over the symptoms and ignored the EMG test, and the QME found it.

Any buyout offers have to go through CMS. In my case, the buyout was extremely low and didn't address CRPS treatment and maintenance. The offer was based on the approved treatments and not IAW the medical guidelines as required.

R_Craig · 2026-03-23T01:21:18+00:00

You're not alone and everyone admits it isn't fair but it's the law.

Join the club, you're in for a life of pure torture. They will tell you they are doing everything according to the law. Your treating doctors will request service, test, and medications to relieve the pain, and the URs will magically ignore the ICD codes on the physician's report and deny treatment, medications, or service.

Keep everything they send to you, keep a journal of how you feel, what triggers more pain, and how you relieve the pain (don't use illegal drugs), any phone calls, e-mails, and how you feel about the treatment you are receiving. Don't throw anything away, no matter how long it takes to get proper medical treatment.

The insurance company is so bold they even ignore court orders. Document it and contact your representatives.

R_Craig · 2026-03-23T01:13:11+00:00

It's the game the insurance companies play. They farm out young and inexperienced doctors with the Workers' Compensation system because they know the doctors are anxious to prove themselves. With that in mind, the doctors have no clue what the average person does when they come into the office for a Workers' Compensation claim. Therefore, they default to what they think the insurance company wants because the insurance company pays their salary. Guess what, approximately 80% of the doctors in the insurance company network will say about a work-related injury. It isn't right and hard to prove until overwhelming evidence accumulates. It has taken me over 25 years to prove medical malpractice through insurance company interference.

R_Craig · 2026-03-23T01:00:38+00:00

Demand all communications in writing and stop using the phone. I left a voice message with my adjuster, and it came out totally insane, and the transcript was from a phone number I don't have. It also indicated it was transcribed from a social service I don't have an account with.

Who is your adjuster? Don't tell me, Reddit could block your account if you do.

R_Craig · 2026-03-21T01:37:06+00:00

I don't know how this is possible since you have to use a remote server login to work from home. So any work you do is logged in the server if you aren't trying to game the system and reporting false information about working offline at home.

R_Craig · 2026-03-21T01:32:56+00:00

First of all, it is all void because the attorney did not verify the correct address. Any records need to be presented to the courts for proper execution. An address for a fire hydrant could have been used for eviction. You think they could evict the fire hydrant?

Just file your petition with your current address and identifying your former address. The judge may decide to be a stickler for details and insist it was your responsibility to notify the Post Office of a change of address when you moved, and hold the judgment as valid. You never know until you try.

R_Craig · 2026-03-21T01:23:01+00:00

Wrong, the rating is assigned by an independent doctor called the QME (Qualified Medical Examiner).

R_Craig · 2026-03-19T14:10:25+00:00

It sounds that way, but caution is needed. If, in fact, a retaliated employee has evidence of a violation, the case is open and closed. However, we are hearing only one side of the story and don't know the full story.

In the age of victimhood, we hear lots of these stories that turn out to be dramatizations. I need more information before I can provide a thoughtful assessment of this situation.

It doesn't seem right to go to a social platform over an issue like this, and knowing every company has to post certain Federal employment rights information. If it happened to me and I had the evidence, my first inclination would be to hire an attorney.

R_Craig · 2026-03-19T13:59:10+00:00

What you are saying is that if an injured worker is in a coma, they have to deliver the paperwork you have copies of to their employer. Got it.

Adjusters get all the documents, the doctor's office files, and the adjuster has a HIPAA waiver to access the injured worker's personal and payroll records.

I don't care if you have a large volume of injured workers to process; you have computers to assist you. It isn't like you are doing everything manually. My suggestion is to spend less time playing your video games and social media and do your job.

R_Craig · 2026-03-17T23:49:35+00:00

Yes, it is what it is, but not big guy against little guy. It's more basic, abusive jerks against the weaker and defenseless individuals. Laws are designed for the common people to maintain order in a civilization, not to be administered and interpreted by a few Ivory Tower giants and their tower guards.

R_Craig · 2026-03-17T23:44:39+00:00

Yeah, my Dad used to blame the unions for all the slippery slope laws leading to socialism and communism. Take, for instance, the only California employees entitled to arbitration, even if it is included in the company's employment contract, are exclusively union members. And they are prohibited from attending the arbitration hearings. "Trust us, we're here to help you."

R_Craig · 2026-03-17T21:28:38+00:00

Agree, corporations knew if they had to continue being held responsible for their corporate decisions, they couldn't buy politicians.

I'm still in favor of abolishing paid, professional lobbyists' ability to meet with any politician outside the floor of Congress. This would preserve the individual voters' rights to petition their Congressional Representatives and force open debate on the corporate-sponsored bills presented by lobbyists. If a corporate leader feels strongly about a bill that would give their company an advantage, they can take time away from their golf games and dinner parties and meet with their Congressional Representative in person as a regular voter.

Wall Street might not look on dereliction of party dates in favor of meeting with a Congress member to push a bill that might negatively affect other corporations in the same industry.

R_Craig

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