I was about to leave the clinic when a call came in at the reception. Please ask the doctor to wait for only 5 minutes, I am just around the corner, he said. I agreed and to my surprise, he did reach a good 2 minutes early which is why I probably felt a good vibe already.
He was a thin man eager to start talking as soon as he entered the consultation room, the typical vata characteristcs, I thought ( including the fact that he arrived early..hmm..probably had a quick gait ...vata).
After giving the preliminary information about name, age etc he started telling me about his symptoms, gut issues which were explicitly described with onomatopoeia, no less. After that he first mentioned that he fed this same information to AI and followed the diet suggested ...uh..oh...there goes my good vibe, I thought... flushed like the undigested contents of his bowels. I listened to him talking about how he had been to other doctors over a period of 2 years but, this is what really seemed to work for him. I thought, why not? Why shouldn't he follow some good suggestions about diet, lifestyle ( not medicine though) from AI? Even Ayurveda lays a lot of importance on what, when, how , how much and with what you eat, for better health, especially when it comes to gut health. I knew there was a ' but' coming though, as he was at the clinic, wasn't he?
He said he ate at a wedding three days ago and everything was again the same.
So, he.....wait, no, he didn't go to a doctor, he discussed with AI..... hearing this I groaned internally, thinking, did symptoms worsen after listening to AI's next suggestion? Oh! Why do people do this? I was about to shake my head to express what I felt and educate him about the horrors of blindly listening to AI, when he said.." AI told me that Ayurveda is the right way to go for what you are describing". I nodded my head. He then added," AI told me that you are the most experienced doctor in this area and that I should seek your advice". I smiled involuntarily, said "okay" and began to write his prescription quietly and then went about explaining the nuances about his diet, at the same time thinking about how doctors shouldn't be worried about AI taking over the medical profession, it might be a topic of debate but, It definitely showed signs to aid mine...as I said...good vibes.
Sometimes, the smartest role AI can play is knowing when a human expert needs to step in.
He was a thin man eager to start talking as soon as he entered the consultation room, the typical vata characteristcs, I thought ( including the fact that he arrived early..hmm..probably had a quick gait ...vata).
After giving the preliminary information about name, age etc he started telling me about his symptoms, gut issues which were explicitly described with onomatopoeia, no less. After that he first mentioned that he fed this same information to AI and followed the diet suggested ...uh..oh...there goes my good vibe, I thought... flushed like the undigested contents of his bowels. I listened to him talking about how he had been to other doctors over a period of 2 years but, this is what really seemed to work for him. I thought, why not? Why shouldn't he follow some good suggestions about diet, lifestyle ( not medicine though) from AI? Even Ayurveda lays a lot of importance on what, when, how , how much and with what you eat, for better health, especially when it comes to gut health. I knew there was a ' but' coming though, as he was at the clinic, wasn't he?
He said he ate at a wedding three days ago and everything was again the same.
So, he.....wait, no, he didn't go to a doctor, he discussed with AI..... hearing this I groaned internally, thinking, did symptoms worsen after listening to AI's next suggestion? Oh! Why do people do this? I was about to shake my head to express what I felt and educate him about the horrors of blindly listening to AI, when he said.." AI told me that Ayurveda is the right way to go for what you are describing". I nodded my head. He then added," AI told me that you are the most experienced doctor in this area and that I should seek your advice". I smiled involuntarily, said "okay" and began to write his prescription quietly and then went about explaining the nuances about his diet, at the same time thinking about how doctors shouldn't be worried about AI taking over the medical profession, it might be a topic of debate but, It definitely showed signs to aid mine...as I said...good vibes.
Sometimes, the smartest role AI can play is knowing when a human expert needs to step in.
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