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Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds (www.404media.co)
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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.”

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[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

but you can hold them accountable (how can you hold an LLM accountable?)

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

With another LLM, turtle all the way down. ;D

Or for a more serious answer... improve your skills, scrutinise what they produce.

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

yeah I do I even use diff tools to see if they hallucinate

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I have Lex Fridman's interview with [OpenClawD's] Peter Steinberger paused (to watch the rest after lunch), shortly after he mentioned something similarish, about how he's really only diffing now. The one manual tool left, keeping the human in the loop. n_n

Long live diff!

:D

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

and Long live Wikipedia!