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Admitted to Lenox Hills Hospital with an intestinal blockage, Larry Magid downloaded his CT scan images and fed them to ChatGPT without the radiology report. ChatGPT produced its own nearly identical report, then generated an annotated illustration showing exactly where the blockage was. No doctor had ever explained his condition that clearly.
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Admitted to Lenox Hills Hospital in Greenwich Village with an intestinal blockage, Larry downloaded his CT scan images from the hospital's patient portal and fed them to ChatGPT without the radiology report. The model produced its own nearly identical report and then — when Larry asked for a visual explanation — generated an annotated illustration marking the scar tissue from a previous surgery and the location of the current blockage. No doctor had ever explained the anatomy of his condition that clearly. Larry later presented this at a Stanford medical AI seminar, where the head radiologist, who had initially said radiologists weren't threatened, conceded the patient education value. The panel debates whether this democratizes healthcare or introduces dangerous misinformation risk — and agrees the sweet spot is expert humans using AI as a tool, not replacing them. [1] — Larry Magid "Admitted to Lenox Hills Hospital with an intestinal blockage, Larry Magid downloaded his CT scan images and fed them to ChatGPT without the…" 1:05:54
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