ChatGPT's synopsis? ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot that scrapes the internet for information and then organizes it based on which questions you ask, all served up in a conversational tone. It set off a profusion of generative AI tools throughout 2023, and the version based on the GPT-3.5 large language model is available to everyone for free. The way it can quickly synthesize information and personalize results raises the precedent set by "Dr. Google," the researcher's term describing the act of people looking up their symptoms online before they see a doctor. More often we call it "self-diagnosing."
Artificial intelligence has become a game-changer when it comes to early detection. But is there a dangerous downside? Does it send hypochondriacs down a rabbit hole? Chris Mathew of the AI health platform, "Sniffle," joins Jeff: