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I am a doctor, so take my answer how you will. Clinical medicine is much more than just symptom analysis, and is often applying general reasoning to medical pro
by Engineering-MD 5y ago
I am a doctor, so take my answer how you will. Clinical medicine is much more than just symptom analysis, and is often applying general reasoning to medical problems. Also, Diagnosis is much more about the subtleties of how someone tells you about a symptom than the symptom itself. Communication skills are also important (even though I acknowledge not everyone has a good experience of this), and regulatory and risk issues come in to play.
I don’t think I would work with a GPT language model for healthcare as a patient or clinician. For simple things, basic flowcharts or written algorithms work well (and should be used more!). For anything more, I’d skip straight to a human.
- ultimaterr 5y agoGotcha doc, thanks for you insight. But what about the millions of Americans that just go over and over to the same doctor to get a refill on their Lipitor, metformin, or beta blocker (metroprolol)? wouldn't it be easier to cater to that sector of healthcare with an AI that could automate the checkup process? just a thought.
- Engineering-MD 5y agoFor some things, there is definitely room for automation, but I think more basic algorithms/programs would solve that without the complexity of GPT like AI which can be somewhat unpredictable. But huge room for simple automation definitely.
- ultimaterr 5y agomakes sense; thanks doc!