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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 29-Apr-2023 06:27:30 JST Paul Cantrell

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   • Eric Topol

   @erictopol The example you highlight is a fascinating case study.

   The GPT answer is more tactful, more full of advice, and uses more social forms.

   It also starts out scary, and buries the actual answer, the most important information (“Your risk level is low”) in the 3rd paragraph. All the padding is not necessarily a blessing.

   On Reddit, the human answer is the one I’d probably rather have received: a frank take on the actual risk. Yes, the social forms are nice too, but if I had to choose….

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     Eric Topol (erictopol@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Apr-2023 06:27:32 JST Eric Topol

     I wrote about an important #AI in healthcare study published today https://erictopol.substack.com/p/when-patient-questions-are-answered