Re:I’m an doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT t...
by asdff on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:12PM
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But at the same time consider the problem, and if AI is even the tool for this job or if its total overkill. We are just matching symptoms to a diagnosis, you could get this utility from programming a simple dictionary with a fraction of the compute. Maybe even with a confidence estimate of the diagnosis this time. There's an old adage that rings true here I think: "keep it simple, stupid."
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Re:I’m an doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT t...
by messe on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:18PM
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But I think that's missing the "magic" of it—for lack of a better word. In the situation you describe, you have to build a specific tool for the task. With LLMs, we appear to have stumbled on a general purpose tool for a myriad of situations. Yes, they're not perfect; but the fact that they work remotely as well as they do even at these early stages is astonishing.
Re:I’m an doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT t...
by asdff on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:32PM
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You have to build a specific tool, yes, but now you know the tool is good and its output reflects the input that you can see right in the source code, and you can use it the next time without rebuilding it.
On the other hand with chatgpt, you have to build a specific prompt, and you don't know if that will lead to a consistent result or what its even pulling from. It introduces uncertainty that you cannot reliably estimate, whereas with the above toolmaking example, you can estimate your uncertainty, you can calculate how much power you have and how much you should have to resolve what you expect, and you can calculate a false positive rate.
When decisions mean money or life, I wouldn't rely on the black box chatbot. I would take a little bit more time and make sure all i's are dotted and all t's crossed.
Re:I’m an doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT t...
by rootusrootus on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:50PM
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AFAIK that's essentially what we already have. Doctors don't have the mental capacity to keep every little thing in their head. Go ask your GP a question, and when you see him typing on a screen, it's because he's asking the professional equivalent of WebMD to correlate symptoms and for him.