ChatGPT is a failure in assessing heart risk: Study

ChatGPT is a failure in assessing heart risk: StudyMay 1, 2024New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Although OpenAI’s ChatGPT could pass several medical exams, it lacks potential in assessing heart risk, found a study on Wednesday.Research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, showed that “it would be unwise to rely on it for some health assessments, such as whether a patient with chest pain needs to be hospitalised”.ChatGPT’s predictions in cases of patients with chest pain were “inconsistent”.They also provided different heart risk assessment levels for the same patient data — from low to intermediate, and occasionally a high risk.The variation “can be dangerous” said lead author Dr. Thomas Heston, a researcher with Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.Further, the generative AI system also failed to match the traditional methods physicians use to judge a patient’s cardiac risk.“ChatGPT was not acting in a consistent manner,” said Heston.However, Heston sees great potential for generative AI in healthcare, but with further development.“It can be a useful tool, but I think the technology is going a lot faster than our understanding of it, so it’s critically important that we do a lot of research, especially in these high-stakes clinical situations.”–IANSrvt/uk