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Easterncedar

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3. This worries me
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:51 AM
Tuesday

I have a friend who has an adult child with a very complicated medical history, and she is relying heavily on ChatGPT for answers. Admittedly, the doctors have given them bad prescriptions and poorly informed advice, but my friend doesn't question what the chat tells her. She is smart and a good researcher in general, but she has been overwhelmed by her child's suffering and won't listen to any doubts I dare to express about the reliability of this technology. The chat never says "I don't know." She can't see how she frames her questions may determine the answers. And she always gets an answer.

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