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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
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2. AI can be wrong, even when it sounds confident
AI chatbots give answers based on patterns in data. They don't "know" facts in the way a health professional does. Sometimes AI information sounds true but is completely incorrect. This is known as hallucination. For example, when asked how to get more minerals from food, AI has been known to recommend eating rocks.
