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New England Journal of Medicine· 2023Q1· Review

Benefits, Limits, and Risks of GPT-4 as an AI Chatbot for Medicine

Peter Lee, Sébastien Bubeck, Joseph Petro

Short summary

GPT-4, a general-education chatbot, has the potential to significantly impact medical practice by assisting with tasks like differential diagnosis and patient education.

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Key points

  • GPT-4 can generate differential diagnoses and summarize medical literature.
  • It can be used to explain medical conditions to patients.
  • Risks include inaccurate information generation and potential biases.
  • Careful validation and oversight are crucial for its implementation in medicine.

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Abstract

Chatbots are computer programs with which one can have a conversation. In this article, the authors describe how the GPT-4 chatbot, which has been given a general education, could affect the practice of medicine.

The authors' abstract, as published at the source. New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 · DOI ↗

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Field: Health Informatics

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