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> The last thing I want is to read through pages of AI blogspam at the doctors office I think you underestimate how much of an effect the doctor's style of res
by petargyurov 3y ago
> The last thing I want is to read through pages of AI blogspam at the doctors office
I think you underestimate how much of an effect the doctor's style of response can have on patients. A curt response and an embellished response may both provide the same facts, but the latter is more likely to resonate with people. At the end of the day, everyone thinks they're special and not just "another patient".
I am not advocating for "pages of AI blogspam" -- LLMs can be instructed to craft better responses than that -- in the real world, doctors suffer from empathy "drain" very often, LLMs don't.
That's all well and good if the patient doesn't know they're interacting with an AI though!
To clarify, my stance on this whole thing is mixed.
- basil-rash 3y agoThat’s true when the doctor is a human, I want humans to acknowledge my humanity and (ideally) be able to put themselves in my shoes and empathize with how I’m feeling. But a robot cannot do that. A robot has no feeling, and will never be able to understand my feelings. The best it can do is parrot its authorized “authentic compassion” markov chains. Perhaps to some that’s enough, but I’d prefer to just get the data I need and leave.