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My sister in law is a pharmacist and the heaviest non-dev ChatGPT user I know and her main use case is writing professionally polite messages to doctors on how

My sister in law is a pharmacist and the heaviest non-dev ChatGPT user I know and her main use case is writing professionally polite messages to doctors on how the drugs they prescribed to a patient would have killed them had she not caught a particular interaction or common side effect. There's a lot of "tone" in it as she's not trying to anger these folks, but also it's quite serious, but also there's just everything else happening in medicine. Feels like a great use.

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ryandrake 5mo ago
Pretty neat. This kind of tone self-moderation comes naturally to good communicators, but I know people (on and off the spectrum) who really, really need help with this, and it's cool to see LLMs are able to do this. There are a surprising number of people in the business world who are just totally unable to tone-police themselves. In the medical field I'd be worried about hallucinations, of course, but presumably your SIL fact-checks the output.
hamdingers 5mo ago
She does herself a disservice by outsourcing that skill. One day she might have to actually talk to one of these people.
- michaelbuckbee 5mo ago
  She's 50 years old has a doctorate in pharmacy and has worked as a hospital pharmacist for two decades. I don't say this as a "gotcha", but more that even with all that experience she still finds it beneficial and helpful.
  - hamdingers 5mo ago
    That makes it more sad, to me. Someone with those credentials should be able to communicate with their colleagues effectively. I wonder if she used to be able to. It appears Hacker News disagrees that social skills are valuable skills. Mea culpa, I should have guessed.
    - PoignardAzur 5mo ago
      There's something ironic about complaining about other people's social skill while you couldn't be bothered to make a point without sounding dismissive and condescending.
    - janderson215 5mo ago
      Navigating tough conversations takes time, attention, and mental energy. I’d rather a pharmacist spend that time on catching another dangerous contraindicated combo of drugs for a different patient. Actually, AI should soon be checking for that, too.

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ryandrake 5mo ago

Pretty neat. This kind of tone self-moderation comes naturally to good communicators, but I know people (on and off the spectrum) who really, really need help with this, and it's cool to see LLMs are able to do this. There are a surprising number of people in the business world who are just totally unable to tone-police themselves. In the medical field I'd be worried about hallucinations, of course, but presumably your SIL fact-checks the output.

hamdingers 5mo ago

She does herself a disservice by outsourcing that skill. One day she might have to actually talk to one of these people.

michaelbuckbee 5mo ago
She's 50 years old has a doctorate in pharmacy and has worked as a hospital pharmacist for two decades. I don't say this as a "gotcha", but more that even with all that experience she still finds it beneficial and helpful.
- hamdingers 5mo ago
  That makes it more sad, to me. Someone with those credentials should be able to communicate with their colleagues effectively. I wonder if she used to be able to. It appears Hacker News disagrees that social skills are valuable skills. Mea culpa, I should have guessed.
  - PoignardAzur 5mo ago
    There's something ironic about complaining about other people's social skill while you couldn't be bothered to make a point without sounding dismissive and condescending.
  - janderson215 5mo ago
    Navigating tough conversations takes time, attention, and mental energy. I’d rather a pharmacist spend that time on catching another dangerous contraindicated combo of drugs for a different patient. Actually, AI should soon be checking for that, too.