Many AI users trust chatbots over doctor advice, survey says

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne in seven Americans trust an AI chatbot as much as they trust a doctor, according to a new survey, the New York Post reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt gets better. Sixty percent of AI health users said they'd believe the chatbot even if it contradicted their doctor.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo it wins every argument it has never once been in.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhy would you believe the one who isn't licensed?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's awake at three in the morning, for a start. Thirty-seven percent said that's the draw, and thirty percent said it reassures them.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYour doctor books you for a Thursday.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorReassures them about what?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWhatever they walked in hoping to hear.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNearly six in ten later realized the advice didn't fully apply to them, and forty-nine percent did it anyway. Bold of the doctors to compete with that.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the product is a yes. Hashtag, what, Agreeable?

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHashtag Yesbot. It says you're fine, Hank.