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One in five people who use AI for health advice say it has discouraged them from seeking professional healthcare

One in five people who use AI for health advice say it has discouraged them from seeking professional healthcare

  • etchinghillside@reddthat.com
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    25 days ago

    Don’t usually have wrist pain and it informed me how to perform a Finkelstein test to better pin down it might be De Quervain’s tendinitis.

    Was I going go to the doctor for this right away? Probably not. But gives me some guidance on what to attempt to improve - and if It persists - I go to a doctor.

    Or it’s cancer and I die in 6 weeks.

    • Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      25 days ago

      I’ve used it like this before, but I will look at the diagnosis it gives me, and look it up myself and see if it really fits. And if things don’t really add up, I’ll see a doctor.

      But I have little faith in doctors anyway, and if a doctor gave me a diagnosis, I’d look it up and check the same way.