#34 - Inside ChatGPT Health: Promise, Peril, And Triage Failures
What if an AI health chatbot told you to stay home when you actually needed emergency care?
In this episode, we put ChatGPT Health under the microscope using a clinician-authored evaluation designed to test a critical question: can an AI safely guide people on whether to go to the ER, visit urgent care, or wait it out at home? The results reveal a troubling pattern. When symptoms fall into the “middle” of the medical spectrum—uncertain but stable—the model often sounds helpful and reasonable. But when the stakes rise and subtle warning signs matter most, its judgment becomes unreliable.
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