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The episode discusses the implications of AI and chatbots in medical diagnosis and patient care.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of DarshanTalks, host and attorney-pharmacist Darshan Kulkarni explores the unsettling transition from "Googling your symptoms" to "Chatting with your symptoms." It’s 10:47 PM—you have chest tightness and a chatbot is your only companion. But is the algorithm reassuring you, or is it gaslighting a medical emergency? We go beyond the hype to examine the February 9, 2026, Nature Medicine study (as reported in the New York Times) which reveals a staggering gap be...
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Host: Darshan Kulkarni
Topics covered
- AI in healthcare
- medical technology
- chatbots
- patient experience
- symptom assessment
Keywords
- AI
- doctor
- chatbot
- symptoms
- healthcare
- medical emergency
- algorithm
- Nature Medicine
- New York Times
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Organizations: New York Times
Books & works: Nature Medicine
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