Public skepticism of AI-generated medical advice
One previous study revealed that
clinicians assessed responses to medical queries generated by LLMs and considered these answers to be of
high quality.
In fact, the responses generated by AI-based LLMs were considered to be
more empathic than answers provided by human physicians.
Importantly, none of the clinicians in this study were aware of the authorship of the responses they evaluated.
The current study used two experiments to explore
how the public reacts to LLM-generated medical advice in a controlled experimental setting
The study findings indicate that the
general public perceives physicians as the most authentic source of medical information compared to AI-based tools. '
Human physician’s advice was perceived as significantly more #empathic than advice provided by ‘AI’ and ‘human physician + AI.’
Similarly, ‘human’ advice was rated as significantly more #reliable than ‘AI’ and ‘human physician + AI’ advice
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240730/Public-skepticism-of-AI-generated-medical-advice.aspx