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by user34283 79 days ago
In my experience people vastly overestimate the competence of doctors. Getting medical advice from LLMs could be life saving.

Personally I experienced this when a specialized doctor believed a drug interaction to be the opposite, thinking A hinders the absorption of B, when actually it hinders the clearance, tripling concentration of B.

Without AI, I would have been clueless about this and could not have spotted the mistake. I don't know if it would truly have been critical, but it did shake my confidence in doctors.

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This^^ Use both, they have their own strengths and weaknesses.
And the AIs are still getting better at a good clip. I'm not so sure about (unassisted) doctors.