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▲ aantix 2 hours ago

Disagree. You don't take the evaluation at face value. You still push back and explore every thread. You don't abandon your own logical reasoning.

But you definitely want to scour the entire search space for solutions.

And the most efficient means for that is LLMs.

It's my experience that doctors are compartmentalized in their thinking, limited in their time, and definitely will not be extensively exploring your case.

E.g., I had 30 years of resistant hypertension. Multiple medications. Saw many cardiologists. Nephrologists. I was told to "just lose weight." BP was erratic over the years. ER visits. It was awful.

I googled. Pheochromocytoma. Hyperaldosteronism. Asked the cardiologist, "Could it be this?"

"NAAAAH, just lose weight."

But I insisted on a referral to an endocrinologist. And when I suggested it to them, given my extensive history, they were basically like, "Oh yes, we'll get you tested. I'm surprised you haven't been tested before?"

I had a left adrenalectomy 6 months later. BP has been controlled ever since.

They don't know everything. They can't.

▲jjmaxwell4 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah I did not mean that as a indication to not trust AI. But rather to use it as a companion and pressure test things doctors say with AI and things AI say with doctors.