Can ChatGPT give you good quality doctor's advice?

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ChatGPT is capable of answering questions about medical advice at a standard that is often higher than what a doctor can provide, according to international researchers who believe AI could play a role in helping overwhelmed doctors draft better, quicker responses to questions. The team asked ChatGPT to answer questions submitted to Reddit's r/AskDocs that had been answered by a verified doctor - and a team of licensed health professionals judged which response had better quality of information and better bedside manner. The team say the ChatGPT response was better for 78.6% of the questions answered, and while a Reddit thread is not the same as a doctor's office, this result shows AI could help doctors deliver information in the best, easiest way in the future.

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Organisation/s: University of California San Diego, USA

Funder: This work was supported by the BurroughsWellcome Fund, University of California San Diego PREPARE Institute, and National Institutes of Health. Dr Leas acknowledges salary support from grant K01DA054303 from the National Institutes on Drug Abuse.

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