One of the more exciting AI use-cases is that it should be about competent to handle the conversational parts of diagnosis; it should have read all the studies and so it'll be possible to spend an hour at home talking to an AI and then turn up at the doctor with a checklist of diagnostic work you want them to try.
A shorter amount of expensive time with a consultant is more powerful if there is a solid reference to play with for longer before hand.
AI has a long way to go before it can serve as a trustworthy middleman between research papers and patients.
For instance, even WebMD might waste more time in doctor's offices than it saves, and that's a true, hallucination-free source, written specifically to provide lay-people with understandable information.
Indeed but a tiring and expensive game when it takes 4-5 tries with experienced specialists to get an actual diagnosis.
One of the more exciting AI use-cases is that it should be about competent to handle the conversational parts of diagnosis; it should have read all the studies and so it'll be possible to spend an hour at home talking to an AI and then turn up at the doctor with a checklist of diagnostic work you want them to try.
A shorter amount of expensive time with a consultant is more powerful if there is a solid reference to play with for longer before hand.
AI has a long way to go before it can serve as a trustworthy middleman between research papers and patients.
For instance, even WebMD might waste more time in doctor's offices than it saves, and that's a true, hallucination-free source, written specifically to provide lay-people with understandable information.
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In some countries like Canada you basically don’t have an option.