Artificial intelligence is shaking up industries from software and law to entertainment and education. And as physicians like Dr. Cem Aksoy are learning, it’s posing special challenges in medicine as patients tap the technology for advice.
Aksoy, a medical resident at a hospital in Ankara, Turkey, says an 18-year-old patient and his family recently panicked after the young man was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his left leg. They turned to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The bot said he might survive only five years.
It was wrong: A plastic surgeon successfully removed the tumor in July. “He was essentially cured after the operation,” Aksoy said.
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