Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn’t ready to take on the role of the physician.”

“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”

  • Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    8 hours ago

    But they’re cheap. And while you may get open heart surgery or a leg amputated to resolve your appendicitis, at least you got care. By a bot. That doesn’t even know it exists, much less you.

    Thank Elon for unnecessary health care you still can’t afford!