Generative AI can mislead when it comes to self-diagnosing medical issues or creating political ads. Experts warned that these uses can hurt your health or deter you from voting.
There are other ways generative AI can cause harm when misused, some that have made headlines — such as creating political ads — and others that have received less attention, such as self-diagnosing medical issues.
Using online tools to assess symptoms isn’t a new phenomenon, and it was exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people wereBut with tools like ChatGPT, which is a chatbot, people can ask more targeted questions, said Jason Fries, a Stanford University research scientist. One downside is they might not know how to interpret the results they receive.
In some cases, though, the interactive nature of AI may help patients develop a better understanding of a diagnosis, Farhat said.ChatGPT using 45 clinical vignettes that ranged in severity, and which they previously had tested with online symptom checkers. ChatGPT"listed the correct diagnosis within the top three options in 39 of the 45 vignettes," which was 87% of the time, compared with 51% of the time for symptom checkers.
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