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PCB66

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8. At the end of the day AI is nothing more than a computer program

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 05:38 PM

14 hrs ago

created by a human. One thing we have learned about computer programs over the decades is that shit in-shit out.

AI is a useful tool for somethings but not for everything.

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Real-life horror story about a leukemia patient who died after AI gave him a misdiagnosis & he rejected doctors' advice [View all] highplainsdem 19 hrs ago OP

Take it from a current nursing student Sympthsical 19 hrs ago #1

Have these tools improved at all over the course of your time at school? fujiyamasan 7 hrs ago #12

It runs into a similar problem Sympthsical 35 min ago #13

Or for legal advice or for a girlfriend displacedvermoter 19 hrs ago #2

It's weird how much trust people put into these things JI7 19 hrs ago #3

Those chatbots are designed to both sound authoritative and to flatter the AI user to keep them highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #4

Indeed. On particular reader comment confirms as much: markpkessinger 16 hrs ago #7

Humans aren't rational creatures Kaleva 18 hrs ago #5

The human brain tends to believe what it's told. yardwork 9 min ago #14

Don't trust AI for anything! mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #6

At the end of the day AI is nothing more than a computer program PCB66 14 hrs ago #8

Now everyone can ask an ersatz doctor for an ersatz diagnosis! struggle4progress 14 hrs ago #9

One of the reasons I'm very glad I retired from being a peds NP was people wanting telehealth... 3catwoman3 8 hrs ago #10

I use it to get advice about my pt but then Tree Lady 7 hrs ago #11