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"textContent": "submitted by XLE to technology\n547 points | 140 comments\nhttps://www.404media.co/chatbots-health-medical-advice-study/\n\nChatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn’t ready to take on the role of the physician.”\n\n> “In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”",
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