Benefits, Limits, and Risks of GPT-4 as an AI Chatbot for Medicine

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 388; no. 13; pp. 1233 - 1239
• Main Authors: Lee, Peter, Bubeck, Sebastien, Petro, Joseph
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 30.03.2023
• Series: AI in Medicine
• Subjects: Adolescent Medicine; and Education; and Education General; Artificial intelligence; Chatbots; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Medicine General; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Computer programs; Interoperability; Medical Practice; Medicine; Pediatrics; Pediatrics General; Teenagers; Training

Chatbots are computer programs with which one can have a conversation. In this article, the authors describe how the GPT-4 chatbot, which has been given a general education, could affect the practice of medicine.