Bots give equal weight to scientific and non-scientific sources, potentially directing sufferers away from approved treatments and preventing them from receiving the life-saving help they need, study finds
If you believe one doctor on anything…just saying.
My mother’s quack refused to listen to her symptoms and insisted she could be treated by dietary changes. We finally paid out of pocket for an MRI and found weeks of metastatic lymphoma growth and got her into a proper oncologist.
If you think you and your loved ones are immune to fear and trying anything that might work when they get cancer and insurance is dragging its ass or treatment is straight up too expensive, then I sincerely hope you never get the opportunity to test that premise.
Getting myself killed by following a chatbot’s advice for a cure arguably leaves more for my next of kin than going to the hospital. It could be worth it. You only lose if you’re crippled, and someone finds you and sends you to the hospital anyway.
On the other hand, if you believe a chatbot over your doctors… just saying.
If you believe one doctor on anything…just saying.
My mother’s quack refused to listen to her symptoms and insisted she could be treated by dietary changes. We finally paid out of pocket for an MRI and found weeks of metastatic lymphoma growth and got her into a proper oncologist.
If you think you and your loved ones are immune to fear and trying anything that might work when they get cancer and insurance is dragging its ass or treatment is straight up too expensive, then I sincerely hope you never get the opportunity to test that premise.
Getting myself killed by following a chatbot’s advice for a cure arguably leaves more for my next of kin than going to the hospital. It could be worth it. You only lose if you’re crippled, and someone finds you and sends you to the hospital anyway.