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Norm Helfand's avatar

One comment for consideration. I have been doing research on an unrelated topic and found that ChatGPT does not have access to research papers that are behind pay walls as most academic journals impose. Apparently Chatgpt on has access to published summaries or other public access papers that refer to a behind paywall paper. This not only limits the information Chatgpt has access but also causes AI to look around for whatever it can find on the topic or invent references. To help fight the disinformation on key topics like vaccines and autism researchers should be making their peer reviewed papers more accessible to public and AI.

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Bob Morris, MD, PhD's avatar

It’s interesting that the links are right and all the relevant data information is available at those links but they still get it completely wrong.

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Caroline's avatar

Pretty disingenuous to refer to Jay Bhattacharya, who has an MD as well as a PhD in health economics, as “an economist” and therefore unqualified to participate on a government health commission.

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Bob Morris, MD, PhD's avatar

I revised to acknowledge his MD.

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C M Jarowey's avatar

All due respect, please do not confuse educational degrees with competency. Degrees are only a reflection of the ability to graduate. Underlying beliefs and agendas inevitably push even those with the most "esteemed" degrees towards confirmation bias, at the very least. Following the facts can be lost in that endeavor.

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Bob Morris, MD, PhD's avatar

If you wanted to write a report on childhood diseases and their causes it is hard to call him an expert

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Henry de Give's avatar

I don’t think RFK Jr. has a child with autism. Perhaps leave that out.

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Bob Morris, MD, PhD's avatar

I fixed it. Not sure where I got that idea. Always double check.

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Henry de Give's avatar

Elon Musk?

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Henry de Give's avatar

How can one distill this down to an article which will capture the attention and convince the average U.S. voter?

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Bob Morris, MD, PhD's avatar

It could be shortened substantially if I took out the AI content.

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E. Rosalie's avatar

Thanks for the citation. Good review. It's hard to believe that this hasn't resulted in a resignation.

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