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fn-motetoday at 2:09 AM1 replyview on HN

> I fed my wife's blood work results into chatgpt and it came back with a terrifying diagnosis

I don't get it... a doctor ordered the blood work, right? And surely they did not have this opinion or you would have been sent to a specialist right away. In this case, the GP who ordered the blood work was the gatekeeper. Shouldn't they have been the person to deal with this inquiry in the first place?

I would be a lot more negative about "the medical establishment" if they had been the ones who put you through the trauma. It sounds like this story is putting yourself through trauma by believing "Dr. GPT" instead of consulting a real doctor.

I will take it as a cautionary tale, and remember it next time I feed all of my test results into an LLM.


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vineyardmiketoday at 3:11 AM

You don't need a doctor to order bloodwork. I get a full panel done yearly, just to establish a baseline and trend. I try not to overanalyze it, and just keep it around for a professional in case some real issue arises in the future.