How Foundation Models Are Shaking the Foundation of Medical Knowledge

The recent letter to the editor by Mirza et  al (2023), published in The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, showcases the successful application of publicly available chatbots (GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and Google Bard) to the dermatology board examination. Their results not only complement those of many similar studies in other medical and nonmedi cal disciplines but also demonstrate the rapid, ongoing advances in artificial intelligence (AI) (Kung et al, 2023). They highlight the swift development in the field, as evidenced by the finding that GPT-4 significantly outscored GPT-3.5, and illustrate the applicability of AI to the specialty of dermatology, shedding light on some of the promises and limitations of AI models.

Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - December 27, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Harald Kittler, Allan Halpern Tags: Commentary Source Type: research