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Re:ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life by geraneum on Sunday March 26, 2023 @04:10AM (#35312243)
That’s not the case. After going to the first vet, you can search for causes of anemia in dogs without uploading test results or giving any further details and the first hit is as good as GPT’s.

I have seen some good use cases for GPT but this one in particular (the Tweet) is not a good example.

Re:ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life by zakkor1 on Sunday March 26, 2023 @04:34AM (#35312368)
Sorry, but this is just not true.

1) She was already correctly diagnosed with the first issue (babesiosis), which causes anemia.

2) As a result of the babesiosis, she developed a secondary complication (immune disorder), which worsened the anemia. Note that this can also occur as a standalone disease, which is actually the google result you're getting.

3) You would have had to google "secondary complications causing anemia as a result of canine babesiosis", and at this point, google stops helping you. Not that I would have known to google that anyway.

Re:ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life by nwienert on Sunday March 26, 2023 @04:37AM (#35312381)
I searched "dog anemia" and got this as the first result:

https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/anemia-in-dogs

Right there on the page: IMHA. If you add just a couple keywords from the large input, you likewise get more direct IMHA results.

Re:ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life by carabiner on Sunday March 26, 2023 @04:44AM (#35312409)
It also lists cancer, parasites and a whole bunch of other stuff.

As a guy who knows nothing about dogs, Chatgpt seemed to zero in on this 10x better than that very long VCA page.

Re:ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life by nwienert on Sunday March 26, 2023 @04:47AM (#35312424)
ChatGPT lists multiple things too.

Also this ignores my original comment where I just typed the keywords from the vet notes and got IMHA right on the first result.

That'd be about 100x faster using Google.

Re:ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life by geraneum on Sunday March 26, 2023 @05:06AM (#35312517)
I’m afraid what’s happening here is what’s called “confirmation bias”.

Here [1] it’s actually the author who rules that out himself based on prior knowledge and the fact that the situation didn’t get better after the first diagnosis and subsequent treatment. Looking for a secondary cause/explanation is what drives him to ask the question in the first place. GPT says here are some “general information on…”.

[1] https://twitter.com/peakcooper/status/1639716836911489025?s=...