Clinical AI thread asks how to handle unsafe user pressure after an uncertain answer

jonc101x · x · 2026-07-27

The post shares a State of Clinical AI Report, a NOHARM preprint, and the HAILS course, all centered on one practical safety question: what should an AI do when the safest answer is, “I’m not sure, please get this checked?”

The quoted discussion asks how systems should behave when a user rejects that answer and keeps pushing for a more definite — but potentially unsafe — response. The focus is on clinical AI safety, refusal behavior, and handling uncertainty in high-stakes settings.

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