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Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by akabul0us on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @07:31PM (#50097086)
Here's a better idea: don't do that
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by tempestn on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:38PM (#50098837)
Are you concerned about privacy or bad advice? If the latter, you don't have to blindly just do whatever the LLM suggests.
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by Reubachi on Thursday October 15, 2026 @07:53AM (#50102376)
I can't imagine an individual who both has their health records (pertaining to some issue) and also doesn't have the ability to understand the context.

If I feed in 15 crown/root canal invoices into AI asking it it's opinion, it will tell me I have a very bad mouth. This does nothing to inform me, and will lead to the expected AI response of: "Here are some practices in your area specializing in oral surgery".

There's a reason it's advised by doctors to not share health information. practices/doctors proscribe a regimen/treatment plan, and have to assume in good faith the patient will follow it. Imagine if every doctor heard "Well, AI told me..."

Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by yunwal on Thursday October 15, 2026 @10:16AM (#50104016)
> If I feed in 15 crown/root canal invoices into AI asking it it's opinion, it will tell me I have a very bad mouth

This is just blatantly made up. This doesn't even slightly resemble something an LLM would say

Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? by tempestn on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:38PM (#50107219)
I can, because I've been that person. I got a blood panel done recently. Didn't hear anything back from my doctor because everything was in the OK range. But I still wanted to actually understand the results. And yes, I could have spent time researching what each individual market meant. Or I could ask an LLM, which gives me the same information in seconds. Now obviously if I planned to take an action like starting a supplement or something based on that information I would verify it, but the LLM is still providing value there.