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0 pointsyalogin1y ago0 comments

Wait, why do people use WebMd? Is it used by medical professionals? I thought its for regular people diagnosing their problem for fun. All of that information they can get from their doctor. For really specific information like symptoms for a disease, I cannot imagine there be a hallucinations. Even if it did today, it will only get better over time. I don't see it as a problem with this specific use case. I am one of the biggest AI skeptics out there, but when there is practical use, I accept it

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apwell231y ago· 2 in thread

you are using chatgpt for medical info today because it might get better tomorrow? your comment wasn't what you plan to do it in future with it, you claimed you are doing all those things today. Now you are talking something about future hypothetical.

yaloginOP1y ago

You missed the nuance in my statement. May be I will try rephrase it for you

I am saying the use of webmd is all for non medical purposes, just people reading symptoms that they should be getting from their doctor anyway.

Now for the nuance, for the purpose of meaningless consumption it doesn’t matter if there are hallucinations, people are not supposed to take medication based on webmd. Given the really established nature of diseases and symptoms, I find it hard to believe there will be hallucinations, even if there are, it will become better. All of this doesn’t impact me one bit because I don’t do anything medical based off webmd of chat gpt, I go to a doctor

apwell231y ago

yea i really don't understand what consuming webmd for non medical purposes even means. purpose of consuming hallucinated medical info is like reading medical fiction?

but you do you.

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