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Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds (www.404media.co)
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Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”

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[-] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Depends which bit you mean specifically.

The "router" side is a offshoot of a personal project. It's python scripting and a few other tricks, such as JSON files etc. Full project details for that here

https://github.com/BobbyLLM/llama-conductor

The tech stack itself:

  • llama.cpp
  • Qwen 2.5-1.5 GGUF base (by memory, 5 bit quant from HF Alibaba repository)
  • The python router (more sophisticated version of above)
  • Policy documents
  • Front end (OWUI - may migrate to something simpler / more robust. Occasional streaming disconnect issues at moment. Annoying but not terminal)
[-] realitista@lemmus.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks it's really interesting to see some real work applications and implementations of AI for practical workloads.

[-] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Very welcome :)

As it usually goes with these things, I built it for myself then realised it might have actual broader utility. We shall see!

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