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David Gerard @awful.systems

8mo ago

OpenAI’s Whisper audio transcriber makes up hospital treatments and medications

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OpenAI’s Whisper audio transcriber makes up hospital treatments and medications

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article updated - apparently Whisper uses a transformer model and is closely related to GPT-2. thus, hallucinations.
- wow we get changelogs now, fancy
  
  bonus content for the discerning sneer
I will never get tired of that saltman pic.
- TIRED: AI generated images
  WIRED: obvious 5-minute edits that don't give a shit
https://www.nabla.com/
Dr. Ambrosio Romero
Board Certified Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Home Care
Detailed, accurate, HIPPA compliant visit or phone documentation in under a minute! How could we ever have done our jobs without this? Helps the smooth flow of information in the office. The staff has the documentation they need right away!
Jul 2, 2024
Jesus. H. Christ.
- They have successfully convinced me they are HIPPA compliant, yet simultaneously they've convinced me they are not HIPAA compliant.
- that URL is one character away from disaster
  
  I can see a 4-count l levenstein (o, l, s, and a position switch), what’s the 1 character one?
- @khalidsalad @dgerard did he go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too?
Computers hallucinating medicine into your diagnosis! Tonight on Sick Sad World!
That's what you get when you demand results regardless of whether or not there is a result to share.
Wonder how that might apply to the rest of the economy...
This is a malpractice lawsuit waiting to happen. And probably a product liability lawsuit, if this LLM's hallucinations lead to someone getting hurt.

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