<![CDATA[Americans ask AI for health care.]]>Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots.
Do you trust AI chatbots for health advice? What about one in your patient portal?
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/americans-ask-ai-for-health-care-hospitals-think-the-answer-is-more-chatbots/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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I hate chatbots. Just wait until one gives out fatal medical advice.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ilust606/statuses/116406918468325030https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ilust606/statuses/116406918468325030Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:50:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:39:47 GMT]]>@arstechnica No "a.i." in healthcare! Are you nuts?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/116406169568862062https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/116406169568862062Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:39:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:41:14 GMT]]>@arstechnica I want a HIPAA amendment to prohibit the use of LLMs for manipulating, transcribing, or interpreting medical records in any way, shape, or form.

But of course that won't happen because money

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/azonenberg/statuses/116405939343480401https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/azonenberg/statuses/116405939343480401Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:41:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:37:39 GMT]]>@arstechnica Any hospital that thinks using AI chat bots for health advice is a good idea, they should automatically lose their medical accreditation.

This is not Star Trek. We are not at that level to have an AI chatbot give any form of medical advice. And we never will be.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sakura-star.net/users/KitsuneofInari/statuses/116405217507814724https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sakura-star.net/users/KitsuneofInari/statuses/116405217507814724Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:37:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:21:15 GMT]]>@arstechnica
What a ridiculous question.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/lazysupper/statuses/116405153035457942https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/lazysupper/statuses/116405153035457942Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:21:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:21:14 GMT]]>@petes_bread_eqn_xls @arstechnica I'm sure another chatbot can heal you from that

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116405152945733149https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116405152945733149Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:21:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:15:59 GMT]]>@arstechnica that makes me sick

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodo.neoliber.al/users/petes_bread_eqn_xls/statuses/116405132294029337https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodo.neoliber.al/users/petes_bread_eqn_xls/statuses/116405132294029337Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:15:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:55:52 GMT]]>@arstechnica The USA now feels like a real world dystopian scenario of everything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/freevolt24/statuses/116405053205556304https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/freevolt24/statuses/116405053205556304Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:51:39 GMT]]>@arstechnica I am sceptical. There are studies that only about 30 % of the answers are right. One example: https://www.ai2med.eu/70-wrong-new-study-warns-ai-chatbots-still-struggle-in-medical-diagnosis/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116363437327606142/statuses/116405036594452459https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116363437327606142/statuses/116405036594452459Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:51:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:42:52 GMT]]>@arstechnica if my doctor recommends an AI chatbot, I’m finding a new doctor

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lingo.lol/users/thedansimonson/statuses/116405002054045421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lingo.lol/users/thedansimonson/statuses/116405002054045421Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:42:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:39:06 GMT]]>@arstechnica I don't trust AI in my fields of expertise, why should I trust what I don't know and consistently misleading?

I experiment with self hosted models though, but still unreliable

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/epistomai/statuses/116404987280448015https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/epistomai/statuses/116404987280448015Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:39:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:37:37 GMT]]>@arstechnica No isn't strong enough. How about FUCK NO.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chirp.enworld.org/users/JediSoth/statuses/116404981454884773https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chirp.enworld.org/users/JediSoth/statuses/116404981454884773Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:37:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:33:48 GMT]]>@arstechnica Nope.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/realcainmosni/statuses/116404966444360007https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/realcainmosni/statuses/116404966444360007Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:33:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Americans ask AI for health care. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:33:21 GMT]]>@arstechnica Under no circumstances do I want any AI products near my health information

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/jerbear/statuses/116404964662967134https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/jerbear/statuses/116404964662967134Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:33:21 GMT