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Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by vasusen »

hermanzegerman wrote: post #158
schwarzrules wrote: post #116

I understand all the chatter about LLMs hallucinating, or making assumptions, or not being able to understand or provide the more human/emotional element of health care. But the question I ask myself is: is this better than the alternative? if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? The answers I can anticipate are: questionably trustworthy web content; an overconfident friend who may have read questio…

> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? To an MD?

Under non-urgent cases this sometimes takes 3-4 months in the US every time I experience the need to "ask an MD"

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by zeryx »

timeon wrote: post #117
schwarzrules wrote: post #116

I understand all the chatter about LLMs hallucinating, or making assumptions, or not being able to understand or provide the more human/emotional element of health care. But the question I ask myself is: is this better than the alternative? if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? The answers I can anticipate are: questionably trustworthy web content; an overconfident friend who may have read questio…

> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? Is this serious question? Can't you call/visit doctor?

Actual access to reliable healthcare is a massive assumption to make, not everyone has incredible health insurance or lives in a country with sufficient doctors/med staff. Most places are in crisis for lack of resources, I'd rather ask chatgpt or Gemini for something urgent rather than wait 5+ hours in ER for the doctor to say "just take some aspirin and go to a walk-in tomorrow"

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by silotis »

hermanzegerman wrote: post #158
schwarzrules wrote: post #116

I understand all the chatter about LLMs hallucinating, or making assumptions, or not being able to understand or provide the more human/emotional element of health care. But the question I ask myself is: is this better than the alternative? if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? The answers I can anticipate are: questionably trustworthy web content; an overconfident friend who may have read questio…

> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? To an MD?

Unless you're paying for a concierge doctor, MDs frequently will not spend the time to give you useful advice. Especially for relatively minor issues.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by moralestapia »

watercolorblind wrote: post #159
cyberpunk wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually you maybe do. I am extremely privacy conscious; so i’m on your side on this one but health data is a bit different from handing over all your email and purchase information to google — in that scenario the danger is that the political or religious or whatever attributes i may have could be exposed to a future regime who considers what is acceptable today to no longer be so, uses them to profile and … whateve…

When your health data can say you are trans, and the government decides to persecute you, then yes, it important to maintain privacy.

I find it really really really hard to believe that there exists a person in this planet who:

1. Is transexual but does not tell anybody they are and it is also not blatantly obvious

2. Writes down in a health record they are transexual (instead of whatever sex they are now)

3. Someone doxxes they/them medical records

4. Because of 3, and only because of 3, people find out that said person is transexual

5. And then ... the government decides to persecute they/them

Let's be real, you're really stretching it here. You're talking about a 0.1% of a 0.1% of a 0.1% of a 0.1% of a 0.1% situation here.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by roger_ »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #168
roger_ wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disable memories so each chat is independent. If you want chats to shared info, then use a project.

Unfortunately I don't think that's a good solution. Memories are an excellent feature and you see them on.... most similar services now. Yes, projects have their uses. But as an example - I do python across many projects and non-projects alike. I don't want to want to need to tell ChatGPT exactly how I like my python each and everytime, or with each project. If it was just one or two items like that, fine, I can upda…

I know what you mean, but the issue the parent comment brought up is real and "bad" chats can contaminate future ones. Before switching off memories, I found I had to censor myself in case I messed up the system memory.

I've found a good balance with the global system prompt (with info about me and general preferences) and project level system prompts. In your example, I would have a "Python" project with the appropriate context. I have others for "health", "home automation", etc.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by tgma »

hermanzegerman wrote: post #158
schwarzrules wrote: post #116

I understand all the chatter about LLMs hallucinating, or making assumptions, or not being able to understand or provide the more human/emotional element of health care. But the question I ask myself is: is this better than the alternative? if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? The answers I can anticipate are: questionably trustworthy web content; an overconfident friend who may have read questio…

> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? To an MD?

soon(?) mostly a proxy for LLM

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by drusepth »

hermanzegerman wrote: post #158
schwarzrules wrote: post #116

I understand all the chatter about LLMs hallucinating, or making assumptions, or not being able to understand or provide the more human/emotional element of health care. But the question I ask myself is: is this better than the alternative? if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? The answers I can anticipate are: questionably trustworthy web content; an overconfident friend who may have read questio…

> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? To an MD?

This isn't feasible for a huge swathe of the USA, often because of costs/insurance but sometimes literally just accessibility/availability. A few years ago it took me nearly 8 months to find a PCP in my city that was accepting new patients (and, wee, they dropped my insurance less than a year after).

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by browningstreet »

timeon wrote: post #117
schwarzrules wrote: post #116

I understand all the chatter about LLMs hallucinating, or making assumptions, or not being able to understand or provide the more human/emotional element of health care. But the question I ask myself is: is this better than the alternative? if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? The answers I can anticipate are: questionably trustworthy web content; an overconfident friend who may have read questio…

> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? Is this serious question? Can't you call/visit doctor?

I vibe coded an app and recorded all the things happening to my 50-something body. I shared that list with a few MDs -- they were useless. They literally can't handle anything except acute cases.

It's like telling someone to ask their doctor about nutrition. It's not in their scope any longer. They'll tell you to try things and figure it out.

The US medical industry abdicated their thing a long time ago. Doctors do something I'm sure, but discuss/advise/inquire isn't really one of them.

This was multiple doctors, in multiple locations, in various modalities, after blood tests and MRIs and CT scans. I live with literally zero of my issues resolved even a little tiny bit. And I paid a lot of money out of pocket (on top of insurance) for this experience.

Re: ChatGPT Health

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Post by blipvert »

drusepth wrote: post #177
hermanzegerman wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> if I wasn't asking ChatGPT, where would I go to get help? To an MD?

This isn't feasible for a huge swathe of the USA, often because of costs/insurance but sometimes literally just accessibility/availability. A few years ago it took me nearly 8 months to find a PCP in my city that was accepting new patients (and, wee, they dropped my insurance less than a year after).

Maybe time to ask AI why you’re looking for a technical solution rather than addressing the gaslighting that has left you with such piss-poor medical care in the richest country on earth?
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