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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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[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Anyone who have knowledge about a specific subject says the same: LLM'S are constantly incorrect and hallucinate.

Everyone else thinks it looks right.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

A talk on LLMs I was listening to recently put it this way:

If we hear the words of a five-year-old, we assume the knowledge of a five-year-old behind those words, and treat the content with due suspicion.

We're not adapted to something with the "mind" of a five-year-old speaking to us in the words of a fifty-year-old, and thus are more likely to assume competence just based on language.

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

It is insane to me how anyone can trust LLMs when their information is incorrect 90% of the time.