@reformed_content_marketer@mastodon.social
2026-10-02 05:33 UTC
@farseen@fedi.nptr.xyz @celesteh@hachyderm.io @knowprose@mastodon.social @mcc@mastodon.social a small, close-to-home example of the LLM info problem: my relative called her doctor's office to ask which vaccines they recommended for her this year and whether she needed to schedule an appointment to get them. She couldn't get through to a human on the phone, and the AI didn't answer the question. So she then messaged the doctor's office. And then...
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@reformed_content_marketer@mastodon.social 2026-10-02 05:34
@farseen@fedi.nptr.xyz @celesteh@hachyderm.io @knowprose@mastodon.social @mcc@mastodon.social They made her wade through another LLM with a disclaimer about how its info may be inaccurate before she could finally message her "care team." After that, a "nurse" finally replied... with a clearly AI-generated answer that assumed she might be living across the country (never mind where the doctor's office is) and still didn't answer the question. After that, she gave up and decided to wait for her annual physical to ask her doctor in person. 🧵 (7/ ?)