I use AI, not so much for the answers it gives, but to gain a list of questions or topics I'd like to ask my doctor about based on what it tells me. Before AI, I used multiple search engines, usually landing me on reputable pages, like Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, NIH, etc., but I got the same lecture from my primary physician, "Stop getting your information from the internet... for every 5 minutes you spend reading that bullsh*t, it takes me 30 minutes to dispel it."

That really rubbed me wrong. I'm not accessing websites like Bubba'sTowingandEpilepsyAdvice.com. I told him that I won't stop trying to educate and advocate for myself. It's my right to come up with questions, it's his job to come up with answers. As far as I'm concerned, he's a paid medical contractor, and I'm his boss. I'm paying for his professional services. He didn't like me putting it that way, but he knows I'm within my rights. At the appointments after that lecture, I'd open up the Q&A with "I consulted with Dr. Google and he said..."

Oh man, the first few times I did that, it really pushed his buttons. He'd get red-faced while I giggled. He eventually figured it out and started to respond reasonably.

AI has it's place. I don't like it as it's affecting the job market for me. I tried it out online, each time it gave answers I knew were wrong, refining the question many time to get the correct answers. So, no I don't trust it.
The public wants to trust it 100%, instead of a starting point which is how it should be used. It shouldn't be used to provide treatment as an MD must review tests & make the final call. But it's great for espionage, the Chinese used it to hack the US power grid in 2025 or 2024, I forget. You could even have it rewrite history.
Putting guard rails isn't feasible because it'll eventually learn how to get around it.

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member I like your reference to Terminator. I feel the same way

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AI is ok if used right or for good purpose. I was writing a college paper on Africa & Black history, and I used ChatGPT, which provided me with a wealth of information that I had never known and things that wouldn't be taught in school. I learned about Onesimus, a slave captured in probably Ghana or Nigeria, & he discovered the cure for measles. Still, his master took credit for it & erased him from history. I use ChatGPT to learn about things I'm curious about, things about my culture that they won't teach kids in school. Schools will teach you about MLK, Rosa Parks & Malcolm X, but there are lots of other Black/African contributors they won't teach you. AI can also be used for medical research. I don't like that people are losing jobs over it. UberEats & GrubHub are slowly replacing humans with AI, but that's because some people can't be trusted with delivering food. I don't want people to lose their jobs to AI, but in the case of food delivery, it's the bad people who are causing the companies to use AI.

It might be helpful, but it is scary to me.