Brian Merritt on WNYC, we talked about AI and the war at the top of the show.

Now we'll ask how much can AI give you medical advice.

Let's stipulate right from the start that chat GPT, for example,

should not be your doctor. Do not forego a trip to the doctor's office because you believe

chat GPT got your diagnosis right. That's not even medical advice. It's just common sense.

But we'll talk to an actual doctor now who has some actual best practices,

ways he says you can use AI medically, but he also has warnings if you are using generative

AI as a component of managing your over health or are curious about it. My guest is Dr. Adam Rodman,

general internist and medical educator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston,

where he directs AI programs for the Carl J. Shapiro Center for Education and Research,

and he's an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Rodman is both a practicing physician and an AI researcher,

and maybe you saw his New York Times essay, a doctor's guide to using AI for better health.

And by the way, it's not just patients. Part of the article is about how doctors should and shouldn't

use AI, and yes, they are using it. Hi, Dr. Rodman. Welcome to WNYC. Thank you so much for

having me, Brian. And listeners, we have time to take a few phone calls or questions via text.

How are you using AI chatbots or generative AI for managing your health? Any successes

or cautionary tales if you're a patient, or if you're a

physician, call and tell us a quick story or ask Dr. Rodman a question. 212-433, WNYC, 433-9692. All right,

let's jump right in. Your first best practice in the article is use AI to

enhance but not replace your medical appointments. Are people using it to avoid going to the doctor

at all? And when is that risky? Yeah, so fantastic question. I know that there are people who are using it to avoid going to the doctor,

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