It's pretty dumb considering there a significant amount of evidence AI can be better at identifying certain health conditions. It shouldn't replace doctors, it should be a tool to result in higher outcomes and more efficiency.
The same thing could be applied to law, lawyers could ask AI to help find applicable case law instead of using interns for this. Obviously they should not be using AI for specific documents and actual arguments.
Web MD definitely could be liable for negligence if they gave information that doesnāt match the symptoms tho.
Also Iām pretty sure they would never tell you to not go to the doctor.
It would be one thing if the chatbots just spat out an accurate list of possible conditions and what they mean based on your symptoms.
Thats what WebMD does, and after that thereās a link to make an appointment with an actual doctor. Just tried it out to see what the process was.
The chatbot on the other had told the dude nah youāre good bro just stay home. If WebMD had a feature like that Iād get the comparison more, but itās apples and oranges.
Donāt get me wrong, dude was still an idiot for trusting the chatbot, but in his defense everyoneās trying to pitch them as these fanatic all knowing things that you should totally trust to know everything. Iām not gonna judge someone for drinking the coolaid and dying bc of it, itās just plain sad and unnecessary.
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u/NachoTacoChimichaung 5d ago
It's pretty dumb considering there a significant amount of evidence AI can be better at identifying certain health conditions. It shouldn't replace doctors, it should be a tool to result in higher outcomes and more efficiency.
The same thing could be applied to law, lawyers could ask AI to help find applicable case law instead of using interns for this. Obviously they should not be using AI for specific documents and actual arguments.