Exploring the medical ethical limitations of GPT-4 in clinical decision-making scenarios: a pilot survey.

Journal: Frontiers in public health
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aims to conduct an examination of GPT-4's tendencies when confronted with ethical dilemmas, as well as to ascertain their ethical limitations within clinical decision-makings.

Authors

  • Yu-Tao Xiong
    State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Yu-Min Zeng
    State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Smart Diagnosis and Treatment for Oral Diseases & Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
  • Hao-Nan Liu
    State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Smart Diagnosis and Treatment for Oral Diseases & Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
  • Ya-Nan Sun
    Machine Intelligence Laboratory, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Wei Tang
    Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Chang Liu
    Key Lab of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.