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Getting shown anecdotes of people who've used genAI to diagnose themselves to try to prove it's all a good thing?

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  • NoodlemazN This user is from outside of this forum
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    wrote last edited by noodlemaz@mstdn.games
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    Getting shown anecdotes of people who've used genAI to diagnose themselves to try to prove it's all a good thing?

    From so-called/self-proclaimed skeptics? Come on.

    We've heard 'but medicine kills people too' before. It's still a bad argument against wanting to rid the world of woo - and that includes genAI.

    Your friend who lies to you at least half the time is not someone you should be relying on, certainly not for your HEALTH

    #medicine #genAI #AIslop #skepticism

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    • NoodlemazN Noodlemaz

      Getting shown anecdotes of people who've used genAI to diagnose themselves to try to prove it's all a good thing?

      From so-called/self-proclaimed skeptics? Come on.

      We've heard 'but medicine kills people too' before. It's still a bad argument against wanting to rid the world of woo - and that includes genAI.

      Your friend who lies to you at least half the time is not someone you should be relying on, certainly not for your HEALTH

      #medicine #genAI #AIslop #skepticism

      PipfordA This user is from outside of this forum
      PipfordA This user is from outside of this forum
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      @noodlemaz I would simply not trust the machine which tells you to eat rocks

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      • NoodlemazN Noodlemaz

        Getting shown anecdotes of people who've used genAI to diagnose themselves to try to prove it's all a good thing?

        From so-called/self-proclaimed skeptics? Come on.

        We've heard 'but medicine kills people too' before. It's still a bad argument against wanting to rid the world of woo - and that includes genAI.

        Your friend who lies to you at least half the time is not someone you should be relying on, certainly not for your HEALTH

        #medicine #genAI #AIslop #skepticism

        RycochetR This user is from outside of this forum
        RycochetR This user is from outside of this forum
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        @noodlemaz I'm sure if you asked enough people you will find people who've used preachers and homeopaths to get medical advice too, that doesn't make it a good thing and the only people who pretend otherwise are the ones who want to be part of the grift.

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        • RycochetR Rycochet

          @noodlemaz I'm sure if you asked enough people you will find people who've used preachers and homeopaths to get medical advice too, that doesn't make it a good thing and the only people who pretend otherwise are the ones who want to be part of the grift.

          NoodlemazN This user is from outside of this forum
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          @Rycochet indeed so. @hjhornbeck has mentioned homeopaths specifically.

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          • NoodlemazN Noodlemaz

            @Rycochet indeed so. @hjhornbeck has mentioned homeopaths specifically.

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            @noodlemaz
            @Rycochet Been meaning to pull out that line of counter-argument for a while, but I haven't had a good argument to pit it against.

            There's fertile ground around this area, too. I'm halfway through a blog post series on LLMs and mental health, and I have drafts that discuss how LLMs are excellent at pushing pseudoscience. Others have long since beat me to the wellness grift angle, alas:

            https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2026/03/08/chatgpt-provided-wrong-advice-in-over-50-medical-emergencies-tested/

            https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500%2825%2900131-1/fulltext

            https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/chatbots-chatgpt-health-misinformation/

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            • NoodlemazN Noodlemaz

              Getting shown anecdotes of people who've used genAI to diagnose themselves to try to prove it's all a good thing?

              From so-called/self-proclaimed skeptics? Come on.

              We've heard 'but medicine kills people too' before. It's still a bad argument against wanting to rid the world of woo - and that includes genAI.

              Your friend who lies to you at least half the time is not someone you should be relying on, certainly not for your HEALTH

              #medicine #genAI #AIslop #skepticism

              RyeNCode πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦R This user is from outside of this forum
              RyeNCode πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦R This user is from outside of this forum
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              @noodlemaz
              I've a relation that had already, for years, been fully credulous to nearly all medical adjacent woo & quackery.
              It's long ago given up the idea of taking sense into our around them and now just nod along, bite my tongue and let the results pan out. (As long as it doesn't creep into the health of others)

              I don't know yet, exactly, how GenAI and LLM is influencing them. Given their tendency to ignore the source of their info, probably more than they themselves realize.

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                @noodlemaz
                I've a relation that had already, for years, been fully credulous to nearly all medical adjacent woo & quackery.
                It's long ago given up the idea of taking sense into our around them and now just nod along, bite my tongue and let the results pan out. (As long as it doesn't creep into the health of others)

                I don't know yet, exactly, how GenAI and LLM is influencing them. Given their tendency to ignore the source of their info, probably more than they themselves realize.

                NoodlemazN This user is from outside of this forum
                NoodlemazN This user is from outside of this forum
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                @RyeNCode yeah that's depressing. We already lost so many to the nonsense during covid πŸ˜•

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