AI’s medical hits and misses: Some patients get relief from years of suffering; others are misdiagnosed

OpenAI president and cofounder Greg Brockman has claimed that artificial intelligence is beginning to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, particularly in areas such as medical diagnoses.

In a recent post on X, Brockman said, “I’m hearing more and more stories of ChatGPT helping people fix longstanding health issues.”

He followed up with an anecdote involving a ChatGPT user, who had suffered from chronic back pain for over a decade. Despite trying physiotherapy and other treatments, relief had remained elusive.

With all else failing,…