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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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3. AI-created information may be biased
AI systems are trained on large amounts of data that may contain bias or gaps. That means it may not reflect everyone's experience fairly. For example, an AI system that learned from information about people in the United States and parts of Europe might miss signs of depression. That's because it doesn't know that in some cultures, people show sadness through physical symptoms like headaches or tiredness, rather than talking about their feelings.