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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

An eating disorders chatbot offered dieting advice, raising fears about AI in health

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An eating disorders chatbot offered dieting advice, raising fears about AI in health

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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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    As someone who is beginning work with AI tools, It is my educated opinion that AI isn’t ready for health applications and really only should work as a co-pilot of sorts in the tech sector at this time.

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      you might be unsurprised to learn that’s also the opinion of the people who made the chatbot, but which NEDA in this case ignored and decided “oh, should be fine.”

      as you can perhaps tell by the headline: it was not fine! it was actually a really bad idea!

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        Who would have guessed!

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