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The point is, you got the phrase you Googled ("low platelet count increase wbc") from GPT4. I had no idea what the test results meant or how to interpret them.

The point is, you got the phrase you Googled ("low platelet count increase wbc") from GPT4. I had no idea what the test results meant or how to interpret them. I was trying to do SOMETHING to improve my dog's chances, and ChatGPT was #1 most accessible tool I could use for this. Sure, if you know exactly what you want to google for, you can google it. But that requires you to interpret all the information and piece together a theory, whereas with GPT I just stated all the facts and received accurate (in this case) info back

nwienert 4y ago
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- dang 4y ago
  > Sorry but "dog anemia" also suggests it on the first result, but enjoy gaining the cultish following you seek. Please don't be an asshole on HN, regardless of how right you are or feel you are. Being right (assuming you are) actually makes it worse. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
geraneum 4y ago
That’s not the case. After going to the first vet, you can search for causes of anemia in dogs without uploading test results or giving any further details and the first hit is as good as GPT’s. I have seen some good use cases for GPT but this one in particular (the Tweet) is not a good example.
- zakkor1 4y ago
  Sorry, but this is just not true. 1) She was already correctly diagnosed with the first issue (babesiosis), which causes anemia. 2) As a result of the babesiosis, she developed a secondary complication (immune disorder), which worsened the anemia. Note that this can also occur as a standalone disease, which is actually the google result you're getting. 3) You would have had to google "secondary complications causing anemia as a result of canine babesiosis", and at this point, google stops helping you. Not that I would have known to google that anyway.
  - nwienert 4y ago
    I searched "dog anemia" and got this as the first result: https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/anemia-in-dogs https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/anemia-in-dogs Right there on the page: IMHA. If you add just a couple keywords from the large input, you likewise get more direct IMHA results.
    - carabiner 4y ago
      It also lists cancer, parasites and a whole bunch of other stuff. As a guy who knows nothing about dogs, Chatgpt seemed to zero in on this 10x better than that very long VCA page.
      - nwienert 4y ago
        ChatGPT lists multiple things too. Also this ignores my original comment where I just typed the keywords from the vet notes and got IMHA right on the first result. That'd be about 100x faster using Google.
  - geraneum 4y ago
    I’m afraid what’s happening here is what’s called “confirmation bias”. Here [1] it’s actually the author who rules that out himself based on prior knowledge and the fact that the situation didn’t get better after the first diagnosis and subsequent treatment. Looking for a secondary cause/explanation is what drives him to ask the question in the first place. GPT says here are some “general information on…”. [1] https://twitter.com/peakcooper/status/1639716836911489025?s=46 https://twitter.com/peakcooper/status/1639716836911489025?s=...

nwienert 4y ago

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dang 4y ago
> Sorry but "dog anemia" also suggests it on the first result, but enjoy gaining the cultish following you seek. Please don't be an asshole on HN, regardless of how right you are or feel you are. Being right (assuming you are) actually makes it worse. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

geraneum 4y ago

That’s not the case. After going to the first vet, you can search for causes of anemia in dogs without uploading test results or giving any further details and the first hit is as good as GPT’s. I have seen some good use cases for GPT but this one in particular (the Tweet) is not a good example.

zakkor1 4y ago
Sorry, but this is just not true. 1) She was already correctly diagnosed with the first issue (babesiosis), which causes anemia. 2) As a result of the babesiosis, she developed a secondary complication (immune disorder), which worsened the anemia. Note that this can also occur as a standalone disease, which is actually the google result you're getting. 3) You would have had to google "secondary complications causing anemia as a result of canine babesiosis", and at this point, google stops helping you. Not that I would have known to google that anyway.
- nwienert 4y ago
  I searched "dog anemia" and got this as the first result: https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/anemia-in-dogs https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/anemia-in-dogs Right there on the page: IMHA. If you add just a couple keywords from the large input, you likewise get more direct IMHA results.
  - carabiner 4y ago
    It also lists cancer, parasites and a whole bunch of other stuff. As a guy who knows nothing about dogs, Chatgpt seemed to zero in on this 10x better than that very long VCA page.
    - nwienert 4y ago
      ChatGPT lists multiple things too. Also this ignores my original comment where I just typed the keywords from the vet notes and got IMHA right on the first result. That'd be about 100x faster using Google.
- geraneum 4y ago
  I’m afraid what’s happening here is what’s called “confirmation bias”. Here [1] it’s actually the author who rules that out himself based on prior knowledge and the fact that the situation didn’t get better after the first diagnosis and subsequent treatment. Looking for a secondary cause/explanation is what drives him to ask the question in the first place. GPT says here are some “general information on…”. [1] https://twitter.com/peakcooper/status/1639716836911489025?s=46 https://twitter.com/peakcooper/status/1639716836911489025?s=...