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by rafaelmn 48 days ago
>We discovered that people ask Claude about random medical issues instead of googling it

Sounds like the basic gist of this

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I was in a meeting a few weeks ago and my vendor PM shared his screen and had ChatGPT up with the prompt on it "can you eat raw salmon 6 days old in fridge?"
I don't think that's quite as terrifying as it seems at first glance. Pretty sure they were just asking if it was safe to cook and eat, rather than it was already cooked and sitting for 6 days.
lots of people eat raw fish (sushi, etc)
Or he was mascarading as a bear and was about to gorge on Salmon he caught 6 days ago
Googling symptoms has never resulted in much info. WebMD would probably conclude I have three types of cancer right now.

I only need pro-active advice - what to look for - what to avoid. I dont need to confirm symptoms because, when youre sick, you typically have more than 1 issue.