This should be rated higher, possibly even over the reveal that this study is comparing to Reddit answers. https://xkcd.com/937/ https://xkcd.com/937/ comes to

This should be rated higher, possibly even over the reveal that this study is comparing to Reddit answers. https://xkcd.com/937/ https://xkcd.com/937/ comes to mind. It's not implausible at all to me that ChatGPT could outperform Reddit in detail/manners for health advice (and honestly, even for actual doctors I've heard some horror stories about bedside manner and refusing to actually believe/consider symptoms), but if the study isn't actually checking that, if they're just checking if the chatbot was more polite/empathetic... that's a huge qualification that should be up-front and center.