Chatterbox #349 – Using AI for health advice

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🗓️ 25 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever asked the internet about a health problem before asking a doctor? In this episode, Andrew and Anna talk about using AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini for health advice, and whether you can really trust them. Andrew shares a small health problem of his own and the answer he got from AI, and together they work out when a chatbot is actually helpful and when it is time to see a real doctor. Along the way they get into how confident these tools sound, who should be responsible when the advice is wrong, and what a visit to the doctor might look like in the future.

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To get something checked out
First port of call
To take something with a grain of salt
Off you trot
Hypochondriac
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0:00.0	Before we get started with this episode, I have a quick announcement and great news for all of our listeners in Korea.
0:07.3	Finally, the day has come. That's right, we're finally going to do a Culep's meetup right here in Seoul.
0:15.2	Over the last few years, we've had really fun meetups in Osaka, Hamburg, Prague, and Tokyo, but now it's finally
0:23.6	Seoul's turn and I couldn't be more excited.
0:26.6	The meetup is happening on Sunday, July 19th at 2pm.
0:30.6	I'm going to be there.
0:32.6	Cassie will also be there too and the event is free and open to anyone. It doesn't matter whether you are
0:39.6	a Culep's member or not, or whether you're a beginner or intermediate or an advanced speaker. It
0:45.8	doesn't matter at all. Anybody is welcome. During the meetup, we'll play some games and do some
0:51.7	activities together. We'll mix and mingle. And it will just be a
0:55.5	great time for Cassie and I to meet you and for you to meet me and meet Cassie and other
1:02.2	Culep's listeners also. All of the details can be found by clicking the RSVP link in the
1:08.4	description for this episode. And if you would like to join the meetup, then you do need to RSVP link in the description for this episode.
1:15.2	And if you would like to join the meetup, then you do need to RSVP.
1:17.8	Space is limited to 50 people.
1:23.1	And I announced the meetup just yesterday on our Instagram page. And we're already around 50% full for the RSVP list.
1:28.2	So if you'd like to participate, I recommend RSVPing sooner than later
1:33.3	because I anticipate that the event will sell out, so to speak.
1:39.1	If you live far away from Seoul, I'm really sorry that it might be difficult for you
1:43.1	to participate in this meetup,
1:44.9	but I hope I can do more meetups in the future with our awesome listeners from around the world
1:50.7	in different cities. Yeah, sometime in the near future. So anyways, I hope to see many of you guys
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