a study that was published<\/a>, looking at the ability of artificial intelligence to provide accurate health information. The results then were not reassuring.<\/p>\n\u201cWe found that a third to half the time, AI chatbots will provide either problematic or highly problematic responses to health and medical questions,\u201d Tiller said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor ChatGPT Health, in particular, the most recent data that we have found, that in 52% of genuine emergencies, the chatbot recommended an assessment period of 24 to 48 hours. So that\u2019s a delay that, in a real patient, could mean the difference between life and death.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Tiller also conceded that the AI models he used for the study are by now outdated and inferior to the ones that are being used today. But since he hasn\u2019t seen the current models audited yet, he\u2019s still not sure it can be trusted.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy concern is that the public are effectively going to be the guinea pigs for this for this new health-specific AI chatbot, and there\u2019s absolutely no indication that it\u2019s going to be able to give reliably good responses,\u201d Tiller said. \u201cIt could give you a perfectly coherent and cogent response 50% of the time, and the other third to 50% of the time it could be completely way off base. And with health questions, you kind of need to be reliably good.\u201d<\/p>\n
The one thing he\u2019s not concerned about? Privacy. OpenAI said the information you provide won\u2019t be uploaded to train models or provide you with target ads.<\/p>\n
\u201cAI has enormous potential to improve access to healthcare,\u201d he said. \u201cBut rolling out a system like this before it\u2019s been shown to be safe and effective is frankly irresponsible, and it could end up doing more harm than good.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you think the answer is important, and if you think the accuracy of the answer is important, then I wouldn\u2019t ask an AI chatbot,\u201d he added. \u201cIn the future, it will absolutely be a very powerful tool, but we\u2019re not there yet, and we need to be patient.\u201d<\/p>\n
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