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Link: ChatGPT outperforms doctors in depression recommendations

Oct 22, 2023

in AI, Clinical, Note

bias, chatbot, ChatGPT, depression, doctors, medication, psychotherapy, recommendations, unbiased

Schreiner, M. (2023). ChatGPT outperforms human doctors in unbiased depression treatment recommendations. THE DECODER. “…for mild depression, ChatGPT recommended psychotherapy without medication by the majority, in line with clinical guidelines. In contrast, only 4.3% of primary care physicians recommended psychotherapy and were more likely to prescribe medication. For major depression, ChatGPT recommended a combined approach…
Comment: Facebook says it’s going to make it harder to access anti-vax misinformation

Mar 12, 2019

in AI, Ethics, Note

algorithmic determinism, facebook, immunisation, machine learning, recommendations, vaccination

Facebook won’t go as far as banning pages that spread anti-vaccine messages…[but] would make them harder to find. It will do this by reducing their ranking and not including them as recommendations or predictions in search. Firth. N. (2019). Facebook says it’s going to make it harder to access anti-vax misinformation. MIT Technology Review. Of…