This chatbot can prescribe psych meds. Kind of.
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Psychiatrists question if we even need a prescription-renewing chatbot.

Utah is allowing an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs without a doctor. It’s only the second time the state - and the country - has delegated this kind of clinical authority to AI. State officials say it could bring costs down and ease care shortages, but physicians warn the system is opaque, risky, and […]

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Based on your name, I’m guessing you want something explosive.

      I want a talking cat with 37 heads, but all it ever says is emasculating comments about everyone around him in the voice of James Earl Jones.

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      21 days ago

      the chatbot can renew only 15 lower-risk maintenance medications that have already been prescribed by a clinician. That includes fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), bupropion (Wellbutrin), mirtazapine, and hydroxyzine

      No