ChatGPT found to give better medical advice than real doctors in blind study: ‘This will be a game changer’

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot, could do a better job of answering medical questions than human doctors, says a study led by researchers from the University of California San Diego.

The researchers compiled a random sample of nearly 200 medical questions that patients posted on Reddit, a popular social discussion website, for doctors to answer. Next, they entered the questions into ChatGPT (OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot) and recorded its response. "Doctors now see their patients first via their inboxes, and the messages just keep piling up." "Doctors have resource constraints, so … they often zero in on the most probable response and move on." "People are going to use it with or without us." "A worry I have is that in the future, people will not feel any support through a message, as patients may assume it will be written by AI." "The claim that AI will replace doctors is premature and exaggerated." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. 

A panel of health care professionals then evaluated both sets of responses for quality and empathy.