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Andrew Parsons, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia

Dr. ChatGPT is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health problems - but actual doctors are still better at weighing treatment options

The mental shortcuts doctors use in diagnosis aren't that different from how chatbots come up with answers to your health questions. Philip Dulian/picture alliance via Getty Images

A father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has been getting winded on her morning walks and feeling more fatigued than usual. Both reach for their phones and type their symptoms into an AI chatbot.

“Your child likely has an ear infection,” the father learns. “Your symptoms could indicate a cardiac condition,” the woman reads.

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