I just asked the chat about fixing hearing aids. If you ask me, they are one of the biggest scam projected on seniors. In 2 minutes, I got a reply from the chat with a letter to the technician telling him him how to fix my hearing aids after a year anf a half telling me I have to get used to them. If this whole group gets replaced by AI I won't cry.
AI Health can only be as informative as the data entered into it. If AI Health relies on old cholesterol measurements for heart health but does not take into account other markers, you won't get an accurate picture. I believe health starts with the doctor patient relationship, and I will advocate for that for as long as I can. My health, as everyone's health is unique and nuanced and this is an area where I want a real human being working with me not AI. I appreciate it's the latest greatest tech thing, but that doesn't automatically make it good.
Everything depends on accurate information, of course. If you go to a new doctor and your former practice forwards someone else’s medical records by mistake, your new doctor will probably give you bad advice.
As the article says, AI is never meant to be a substitute for advice from a doctor. It’s not meant to be either/or - it’s a tool.
On this particular issue, at this particular time, I would not trust AI with any questions about health care. Not everything that is tech is a good tool, and for me this is one of them. That being said, I think you present some very useful tools on your Substack. Thanks and goodwill.
I understand your view, but here’s an example of AI looking at data: if I give Claude access to my health records (which I’ve done) and ask it to tell me how my blood pressure has been over time, that’s precisely the same data retrieval question as giving it access to my financial information and asking how my investments have been over time. It’s all data retrieval and analysis.
I just asked the chat about fixing hearing aids. If you ask me, they are one of the biggest scam projected on seniors. In 2 minutes, I got a reply from the chat with a letter to the technician telling him him how to fix my hearing aids after a year anf a half telling me I have to get used to them. If this whole group gets replaced by AI I won't cry.
AI Health can only be as informative as the data entered into it. If AI Health relies on old cholesterol measurements for heart health but does not take into account other markers, you won't get an accurate picture. I believe health starts with the doctor patient relationship, and I will advocate for that for as long as I can. My health, as everyone's health is unique and nuanced and this is an area where I want a real human being working with me not AI. I appreciate it's the latest greatest tech thing, but that doesn't automatically make it good.
Everything depends on accurate information, of course. If you go to a new doctor and your former practice forwards someone else’s medical records by mistake, your new doctor will probably give you bad advice.
As the article says, AI is never meant to be a substitute for advice from a doctor. It’s not meant to be either/or - it’s a tool.
On this particular issue, at this particular time, I would not trust AI with any questions about health care. Not everything that is tech is a good tool, and for me this is one of them. That being said, I think you present some very useful tools on your Substack. Thanks and goodwill.
I understand your view, but here’s an example of AI looking at data: if I give Claude access to my health records (which I’ve done) and ask it to tell me how my blood pressure has been over time, that’s precisely the same data retrieval question as giving it access to my financial information and asking how my investments have been over time. It’s all data retrieval and analysis.
Thanks for the compliment:)