Why would anyone upload medical data to Elon's X?
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So what happens when I tech, I like elon, must encourage users to share their medical images with an artificial intelligence tool now could grow, revolutionize, diagnostic or does IT pose a serious privacy risk and ware privacy experts raising alarms about this new experiment on x. So over the past weeks, users of the x platform have been uploading personal medical scans, x rays. mr.

Ze and Moore took a rock and A I chat, but developed by my company, A I. They're asking foreigny sis, seemingly eager to test mux, claim the rock is poised to become extremely good in interpreting medical data. But this move has Sparked sharp debates among privacy advocates, medical professionals and I experts.

Now island must introduced grow as a cutting edge, A I system designed to offer fast, witty and sometimes provocative answers. Leveraging real time knowledge from the x platform, IT was first unveiled in late twenty twenty three and by mid twenty twenty four, rock had advanced to handling complex visual inputs, including medical ipads and musk rec. Encouragement to submit health scans has added a new dimension to its functionality, but also intensified scrut name.

Now unlike more conventional medical A I systems developed in collaboration with hospitals and researchers, greg was trained on public social media data, a method that raises ethical concerns in muck pitched the champion as a tool for users to seek medical insights, either as a preliminary analysis or a second opinion. Um now musk said this is still early stage but is already quite accurate and will become extremely good. This openness has attracted both lay people in professionals curious to see if the A I can match human expertise.

Now reports from users show a range of outcomes. Some praise grog for his ability to recognize medical conditions. One individual said, had IT checked out my brain tumor, not bad at all.

While others highlighted glorying errors like mistaking a broken cavo for a dislocated shoulder. Physicians have also tested the tool, and immunologist from the Jackson laboratory noted its success after tweaking his input prompt. The response is very thorough and impressive, though, he said, describing rocks diagnosis of A X ray.

Now others, like doctor Lauren, he coc, a radiologist and researcher, and N Y U. Imaging were less satisfied testing rock with a set of breast radiology images. He kk, reported zero accurate diagnoses.

In one case, the A I mistook an obvious cancer is mass for, uh, classifications for now. Now, generate A I methods continue to our perform in medical imaging, he cox said. Now, privacy concerns are a big deal.

Musk invitation to share sensitive medical data has Sparked outrage among privacy experts. Medical information upload to greg falls outside the protection of the health insurance portal ability and accounted ability, uh, act hippo in hippa governance data handled by health care professionals, providers, insured s in their partners. But IT doesn't extend the social media platforms like x or they are affiliated ted A I tools.

Brainy malan, a biomechanical al, uh, aria biomedical informatics professor, advantaged university, criticize the casual nature of data sharing with rock, he said. Posting personal information to greg is more like we throw the state out there and hope the company is going to do what I want them to do, he remarked. Access privacy policy states that while the company doesn't sell user data, third parties IT does share information with related entities.

This ambiguity fuel fears about how the data might be used. Mattheo y and assistance professor of medical ethics at the university, pennsylvania, express, uh, skepticism about the tool safeguard, saying, as an individual user, would I feel comfortable contributing health data? Absolutely not.

Now sharing healthier on platforms like x risks, creating a permanent digital footprint that could lead to unintended consequences. Consider a pet skin showing early signs of else hamba disease if a linked to users online identity, such data could be exploited by future employers or even housing associations. While laws like the genetic information not discrimination act offer some protection, loopholes remained for entities like life insurance providers.

Moreover, there is the question of how rock itself uses the data. The company claims that users control whether their inputs are used to improve the A I, but experts warn that most users lacked the technical literacy to fully understand or manage the settings. Now, even with safeguard in place, the risk of data breaches or misuse soom large beyond privacy grecs medical accuracy y remains a pressing issue.

Experts stress that training a robust a eye for health care requires high quality, diverse data sets in deep collaboration with medical professionals. Without these elements, A I systems risk producing unreliable or even dangerous outputs. h.

Suu chi sria, uh, director of the medicine at learning and health care laboy john hop in johns hopkins university, compared untrained A I tools to a hobbist chemist. Missing ingredients in the kitchen sink. SHE said that the potential for harm if users act on inaccurate diagnosis leads to unnecessary test or treatments.

dr. Aria also highlight ted the significant chAllenges of integrating A I like rock into critical systems where rigorous validation and adhering to ethical guidelines are paramount. No, but tools like rock might enhances workplace in the future.

The current state lacks the precision required for critical health care applications. Rock has already attracted regulate attention in europe. Privacy regulators have flagged the tool for potential violations of the general data protection regulation GDP r.

The irish data protection commission recently petitioned the courts to stop ex from using social media data to train rock, citing concerns over data harvesting practices in the U. S. Grog faces scrutiny from government officials worried about A S role in spreading this information.

Medical uta security area of state even urged ex to direct election related queries to verify sources like caniff o dorg. Now, musk response to these criticisms has been dismissive. In August, X, A, I called european regulators actions unwarranted and defended this decision to let users up in or out of data sharing.

Unlike the rest of the A I industry, we choose to provide a simple catch l to all x users, the company stated positioning itself as a defender of using autonomy. Now musk interest in A I extends beyond rock though, as other ventures including neural um have a broader ambition to merge human intelligence and technology. Neural link recently received F F D A approval for a brain computer interface aimed at restoring vision in blind individuals.

In such developments demonstrate musk commitment to positioning ai at the forefront of healthcare innovation. And despite these advancements, though, musk approach has often clashed with ethical concerns, his lang standing warnings about the existence al risks of A I contrast sharply with his promotion of tools like rock, which critics argue are being deployed without sign appetite overside now. For now, rock offers and trigger possibilities, but also significant risks.

User should exercise caution before uploading sensitive medical data, especially given the uncertainties around privacy and accuracy. And as the tool evolves, though, I may become a more reliable resource. But for now, IT remains an experimental platform with serious ethical and practical limitations.

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