Playing the critic that alternate “50%” outcomes were:

- You didn’t have a thyroid issue and you spent thousands more on tests the doctor was right that you didn’t need.

- Your cat didn’t have that issue and you spent hundreds on unnecessary tests.

Are you essentially saying that it is better for an LLM to sell you an idea that sometimes might be right, selling a dream to anyone with and without the money for it?

So… a telephone psychic?

The thing about WebMD telling everyone they have cancer is that sometimes it will be right.

(Just for clarity, I’m really glad it was helpful for you.)

Having the LLM give you new options doesn't mean you have to pursue them. It's just something else to talk to your doctor about.

And it's not like self researching medicial issues isn't a new concept.

I'm so tired of hearing the "unnecessary tests" line.

Anyone who says this has not experienced poor quality healthcare.

Many doctors simply aren't good and don't run tests because they are doing the bare minimum to get you out of the office.

> You didn’t have a thyroid issue and you spent thousands more on tests the doctor was right that you didn’t need.

Uhhhh, even in the US, we're not talking "thousands" here.

> So… a telephone psychic?

Look, at one level, you can think of LLMs as search with a sometimes useful probability engine sitting on top of it.

As someone who had multiple doctors do their damnedest to kill me on multiple occasions, I was very grateful to have google search back in the day, and you bet your bottom dollar I use LLMs to help me with health issues today. They are often better than most doctors.

Does that put me at risk of doing something stupid? Only if I don't do further due diligence.