alt Hacker NewsThat's still incredibly valuable, though. I suffered from issues that I'd seen doctors for, undergone an upper endoscopy, adjusted my diet, and taken medication for. An LLM suggested my thyroid was at the root of it. My mom confirmed thyroid issues run in our family and just...never thought to tell me.
Just this year, our cat has been having digestive problems. We got special food for her, which she hates, with the suggestion that she'll need to eat it for the rest of her life. Six vet visits later, Fable 5 suggested two tests that my doctor recommended we didn't get. Both found issues that explain her symptoms, and the vet says she will probably only need a supplement and infrequent two week courses of medicine if she has a flare-up.
All that to say, the helplessness of not knowing what's wrong and the people who could know not really caring enough is something that LLMs do a really great job of mitigating. If you don't have any way to know what's wrong with you or a loved one, or how to find out, you're stuck spending a ton of money (in the US at least) and crossing your fingers that someone gets it right.
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.)