Better Health Conversations: Research on a "wayfinding" AI Agent Based on Gemini
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Google researchers explore the effectiveness of a 'wayfinding' AI agent in improving health conversations, but commenters question the study's methodology and lack of comparison to baseline AI.
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GuinansEyebrows
3 months ago
1 replynothing against a narrow scope, but i find it interesting that there's not even a comparison in accuracy/efficacy in the information provided to the user between starting with the baseline AI and starting with the "wayfinding" AI (or at all). maybe i missed that part? is this essentially just a UX study?
harvey9
3 months ago
It seems like a pretty good UX idea, even though I still wouldn't trust an AI to reliably answer health questions.
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