Can AI explain medical uncertainty without panicking patients?
yi111 · reddit · 2026-10-13
A Reddit discussion on AI-assisted medical communication: an AI system could translate technical medical language, explain possible next steps, and help patients prepare questions for doctors — but the hard part is conveying uncertainty honestly without turning every possibility into a frightening list. The author asks what safeguards would make people trust such a tool.
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