Similar story as someone I love is currently hospitalized.
No doctor or professional took the time to explain to me in simple words what the numbers I was seeing on the different monitors were.
So I took a pic and sent it to ChatGPT.
It clearly told me what each number was, how to interpret it and what would be a « positive » evolution of each one.
Not only that, thanks to its help, I was able to help administer care to my loved one when a machine would just not stop beeping.
The medical personnel was too busy to deal with it.
PS: I’m not criticizing the healthcare system. I understand that in cases of emergency, professionals sometimes just don’t have time to explain everything or take care of minor things. But thanks to an LLM I was able to understand what was happening and how to provide more comfort for my loved one.
🔥 The way we get a medical diagnosis has changed forever.
As I mentioned a while back, I’d been dealing with pain in my right hand for over a year and a half, and still hadn’t received a proper diagnosis.
The other day, I tried something as simple as taking a couple of photos and drawing with a pen on the areas of my hand that hurt and showed it to ChatGPT o3.
Possible diagnosis? Cubital tunnel syndrome.
My next question was how I could confirm that. It sent me a link to a doctor (yes, a specific one) in my hometown, Murcia, and suggested I get an electromyography done.
Three days later, I’m at the doctor’s office. When I got there, the doctor asked me, ‘So, why are you here?’ I told him, well, my physio recommended to go and he mentioned I might have this cubital syndrome thing and that I should get an EMG (honestly, I was embarrassed to admit it was an AI that told me 😅)
He ran the test and sure enough, ChatGPT’s diagnosis was spot on.
I’ve got cubital tunnel syndrome.
Once the doctor gave me the diagnosis and a report, I asked, ‘Okay, so now what?’ And he basically said, ‘Just rest’... Ummm, really? That's all? 😂
So I uploaded the full PDF report back to ChatGPT, now that I trust it even more, and it gave me a full weekly recovery plan for the whole year: everything from the exercises I should follow on YouTube to recommended vitamins and meds for this kind of thing. I still doublechecked with a doctor friend, and he said it was 100% perfect.
And this is just one example of what’s happening every day now with AI. Not just for me, for you too. From legal advice at the level of the best lawyers, to developing any kind of software no matter how complex, generating entertainment, even helping you with tax regulation... anything.
What a time to be alive!