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password54321last Wednesday at 8:51 PM2 repliesview on HN

yikes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46524382

[Teenager died of overdose 'after ChatGPT coached him on drug-taking']


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EForEndeavourlast Wednesday at 9:33 PM

An estimated 371,000 people die every year following a misdiagnosis, and 424,000 are permanently disabled. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/33/2/109?rss=1

Admittedly I am basing this on pure vibes: I'd bet that adding AI to the healthcare environment will, on balance, reduce this number, not increase it.

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emodendroketlast Wednesday at 10:31 PM

The article is paywalled but appears to concern abusing a cocktail of kratom, alochol, and xanax. I don't really think that's the same. Also, this feature isn't really about making ChatGPT start answering medical questions anyhow, since people are already doing that.