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New York considers bill that would ban chatbots from giving legal, medical advice (statescoop.com)
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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

But the thing is, it should be a tool - carefully used - to enhance the existing profession, not replace actual professionals.

except in practice, the "professionals" just take the LLM's word as unassailable and disengage their brains. funny that, the gap between theory and reality

[–] phx@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

Yup, but those are the cases that make the news. There's always gonna be some stupid/lazy ones

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

tell me you haven't worked with anyone in the medical industry without telling me you haven't worked with anyone in the medical industry

source: 20 years as a medical accountant