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The episode discusses the reliability of AI in providing health and training advice, featuring insights from Dr Nick Tiller's research.

How reliable is Artificial Intelligence (AI) when it comes to health, wellness and training advice? Writer, educator and Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Dr Nick Tiller, recently led a research study entitled " Generative artificial intelligence-driven chatbots and medical misinformation: an accuracy, referencing and readability audit. " which focused on the feedback and information given by AI in this vital space. Tiller and his team looked at the technology behind AI, how information is delivered and then tracked the validity of the information based on sound, scientific evidence. The results were disturbing, but Tiller still has some advice on how best to use AI when it comes to our own health. Tiller is a research associate at the Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Centre and is the author of two books:  The Skeptic's Guide to Sports Science  (Taylor & Francis) ,  which was named one of Book Authority's "Best Sports Science Books of All Time," and  The Health and Wellness Lie  (Bloomsbury), described as "the systematic dismantling of a trillion-dollar con." ​​​​With a master's in kinesiology, Tiller worked as a performance…

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Hosts: Professor Ross Tucker, Mike Finch

Guest: Dr Nick Tiller

Topics covered

• Artificial Intelligence
• Health Advice
• Training Advice
• Medical Misinformation
• Exercise Physiology

Keywords

• AI
• health
• training
• wellness
• medical misinformation
• exercise physiology
• research study

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Centre, Brunel University London

Books & works: The Skeptic's Guide to Sports Science, The Health and Wellness Lie

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