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Can you trust AI for health advice?
AI-created health information is widely used
Why you can't always trust AI
1. Diagnosing and treating illness is too complex for a machine
2. AI can be wrong, even when it sounds confident
3. AI-created information may be biased
4. AI spreads misinformation
5. People and AI don't communicate well together
How to use AI more safely and effectively
The bottom line
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Why you can't always trust AI
1. Diagnosing and treating illness is too complex for a machine
2. AI can be wrong, even when it sounds confident
3. AI-created information may be biased
4. AI spreads misinformation
5. People and AI don't communicate well together
How to use AI more safely and effectively
The bottom line
Content
1. Diagnosing and treating illness is too complex for a machine
AI tools don't have access to your full medical record — and you shouldn’t upload or share it with them. These tools can't examine you or run tests the way a healthcare professional can. They don't have the ability to reason like a human or explain how they came to a conclusion. These qualities are necessary for making safe and accurate medical decisions.
