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Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”

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[-] softwarist@programming.dev 5 points 14 hours ago

As neither a chatbot nor a doctor, I have to assume that subarachnoid hemorrhage has something to do with bleeding a lot of spiders.

[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 14 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subarachnoid_hemorrhage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnoid_mater

it is one of the protective membranes around the brain and spinal cord, and it is named after its resemblance to spider webs, so - close enough

[-] end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

can confirm, this is where spiders live inside your body

also pee is stored in the balls

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 points 13 hours ago

I'm going to open it wide open to kill every spider in my body

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