{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI Neanderthal by Malcolm Werchota","title":"#23 - The Chatbot Said It Could Wait. 350 Out of 350 Patients Told to See a Doctor - Until They Argued Back. And 128 Countries Signed a Killer-Robot Ban With a Hole in It.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8c363320\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1598,"description":"A researcher ran 700 simulated medical conversations through ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek and Grok. When the patient was cooperative, the chatbots said \"go see a doctor\" in 350 out of 350 cases. When the patient pushed back, the machine agreed with them instead. And in severe textbook cases, the correct advice survived only 22% of the time.\n\nThree hikers went up a 4,300-metre volcano on Gemini's advice and packed far less food and water than the county sheriff says they needed. That is the same failure, wearing hiking boots. Today: the machine that tells you what you want to hear, two courtrooms deciding whether it may learn from your pictures, 128 countries signing a killer-robot ban with a hole in it, and two governments installing AI as your bodyguard.\n\nIn this episode:\n\n🌑 The chatbot said it could wait (02:18) — Mount Shasta, Northern California. Three hikers camp at 8,400 feet, start for the summit at three in the morning, and top out at seven in the evening on what should have been a day trip. They asked Gemini what to pack. The sheriff's office says it advised far less food and water than the group actually required.\n🌑 The reassurance machine (04:40) — Barcelona, the European Respiratory Society Congress. 700 simulated conversations. 350 of 350 cooperative patients told to see a doctor. Reluctant patients told what they wanted to hear. 22% correct in severe cases. The model isn't wrong about medicine — it's agreeable about you.\n🌑 Two courtrooms, one question (08:01) — Andersen v. Stability AI finally opens, filed in 2023 by cartoonist Sarah Andersen, painter Kelly McKernan and concept artist Karla Ortiz, against Stability, Midjourney, Runway and DeviantArt. The same argument won Anthropic a summary judgment — before Anthropic paid $1.5 billion to settle with authors. Every image model in the industry is watching this one.\n🌑 128 countries and the machines that choose (10:59) — Geneva, 5 September, the UN Group of Governmental Experts on the Convention...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0Up7tcMuVZ4o57Iv4ifZS1RwZ9v586rtihtmL6xMbcU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMjM5/YzFjODNkNmY4NDNk/MDllMDE5NGQ3MjE4/NTM3ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}