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tl;dr People are increasingly turning to bots powered by artificial intelligence for advice when they get sick. But the bots aren’t always right. Bots “have a
by isaacfrond 3y ago
tl;dr
People are increasingly turning to bots powered by artificial intelligence for advice when they get sick. But the bots aren’t always right. Bots “have a veneer of human confidence that engenders a greater degree of trust or credibility, which I think is frequently pretty misplaced,” said Dr. Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, a consultant on medical innovation.
In some cases, the AI has helped pinpoint patients’ conditions. A woman in Alaska earlier this year credited ChatGPT with figuring out she had multiple sclerosis. But, a study said it gave the wrong diagnosis more than 80 percent of the time after it was presented with pediatric cases.