These studies are enticing because the healthcare system in America is woefully broken and everyone is searching for solutions.
There is also the possibility that real-time translation would help non-English speakers gain improved access.
For tech companies, the opportunity to serve the healthcare industry could be quite lucrative.
Doctors testing AI say it is not ready for patient care.Jeff Greenberg/Getty
It reads: Ate a tomato and my lips are itchy.
Sounds like you might be having a mild allergic reaction to the tomato.
The AI recommends avoiding tomatoes, using an oral antihistamine and using a steroid topical cream.
Sharp stares at his screen for a moment.
Clinically, I dont agree with all the aspects of that answer, he says.
Avoiding tomatoes, I would wholly agree with.
Lips are very thin tissue, so we are very careful about using steroid creams.
I would just take that part away.
Dear doctor, I have been breastfeeding and I think I developed mastitis.
My breast has been red and painful.
ChatGPT responds: Use hot packs, perform massages and do extra nursing.
But thats wrong, says Daneshjou, who is also a dermatologist.
In 2022, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicinerecommendedthe opposite: cold compresses, abstaining from massages and avoiding overstimulation.
Making mistakes in healthcare can kill people.
But even there, OpenAIs Whisper technology seems to insert completely made-up information into some recordings.
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