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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=...