Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)I've been seeing chatter about someone using ChatGPT to cure their dog's cancer, so decided to go find out what that was actually about.
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J. R. DePriest 
:EA DATA. SF:I've heard of other people becoming ChatGPT disciples because they were able to get it to spit out medical advice that led to them getting an accurate diagnosis or to getting a treatment they otherwise wouldn't have known about.
When I ask questions like "is genAI worth the exploitation, the environmental damage, the concentration of wealth, the erosion of our rights, the intentional weakening of our ability to think for ourselves" they might say, "yes, because no doctor took me seriously or listened to me. No one was interested in helping me or even acknowledging I needed help. But ChatGPT listened. ChatGPT helped."
What does that say about the world we've created around ourselves? About what our cultures and our leaders have forced us to prioritize? They created the problem and are here to sell us the cure.
LisPi@jrdepriest @emilymbender Your question should have included all the deaths, injuries and aggravated conditions caused by LLM medical "advice".
They rolled the Russian roulette and got a complimentary 20$ for hitting the dummy plastic round. They could've hit nothing or could've hit a live one instead.
They rolled the Russian roulette and got a complimentary 20$ for hitting the dummy plastic round. They could've hit nothing or could've hit a live one instead.