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When my partner was pregnant, I found some of the snippets downright dangerous. One time in particular, my partner was worried about abdominal seperation (some
by sksksk 5y ago
When my partner was pregnant, I found some of the snippets downright dangerous.
One time in particular, my partner was worried about abdominal seperation (something quite common during pregnancy), she was searching about how long it takes to heal.
The snippet answer said that it usually doesn't heal without surgery. She was really upset by this, until I pointed out that Google had sourced that answer from a private plastic surgery clinic. Our country's public health website said it usually heals within 8 weeks.
I don't think anyone was being malicious here, but using machine learning to source answers from website, and present them as fact, is surely a disaster waiting to happen? Especially when it comes to medical advice.
There's also times when the information is contextual, searching "can you drink during pregnancy" shows me the advice from the CDC, but that guidance is different in my country.
At the very least, Google turn off snippets for medical questions, or should only show answers extracted from government health bodies in the country the user is in.
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- pickle-wizard 5y agoOn a recent Technology Connection video he said something interesting. 1. You should not take everything you read on the Internet at face value. 2. Google takes what it finds at face value.