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I think it's entirely possible that different people experience pain very differently. If true, that makes it fundamentally impossible to fully communicate abo
by BurningFrog 2y ago
I think it's entirely possible that different people experience pain very differently.
If true, that makes it fundamentally impossible to fully communicate about it.
I read an SF story where telepaths were as doctors. They'd enter the patient's mind, feel what they feel, and recognize the symtoms, because they had actually felt how all common conditions feel.
Maybe we can get to something similar with AI and brain scanning one day?
- kulahan 2y agoIt would be wild if everyone experienced pain differently despite having pretty much identical tools for experiencing it. That would probably open so many cans of worms…
- ALittleLight 2y agoEven without telepathy I think AI will get there. Doctors don't have that much time or access with a patient. Imagine telling ChatGPT what you feel, what your symptoms are, it asks follow up questions, gives some suggestions on changes or over the counter remedies, and comes to a diagnosis. Once ChatGPT has done that 10 million times, and can learn from or search those records, vague descriptions of symptoms will likely sound pretty similar.
- BurningFrog 2y agoThat should work, if the AMA ever allows it. I'm thinking AI + MRI imaging could figure out a lot. Much work to do...
- elric 2y agoIt won't. Because the LLM execution is fundamentally nondeterminstic. The patient will describe something that is irrelevant to the diagnosis (because the patient does not know what is relevant), the LLM will latch on to that, and your kidney cancer will be diagnosed as a knee fracture.