“怪病”缠身 3 年求医无果，最终竟然被 ChatGPT 成功诊断！
这是发生在一名 4 岁男孩身上的真实经历。
某次运动后，他身体开始剧痛。母亲前后带她看了 17 名医生，从儿科、骨科到各种专家，先后进行了 MRI 等一系列检查，但没一个真正找出病因。
他的母亲没抱太大希望地尝试求助 ChatGPT，后者却根据描述和检查报告，直接给出了正确的建议。
这一事件在知乎和 Reddit 等社交媒体平台上引起热议，让人们开始思考 AI 在医疗诊断方面的应用前景。
究竟是什么样的“怪病”困扰了这位男孩？为什么其他医生无法诊断出来？ChatGPT 是如何成功诊断的？
本文将为你揭秘这一真实故事。
来源：https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/chatgpt-diagnosis-spina-bifida-mother-son-b2410361.html
ChatGPT diagnoses cause of child's chronic (慢性的) pain after 17 doctors failed 儿童患慢性疼痛：17 位医生无解，最终 ChatGPT 成功诊断
diagnose /ˈdaɪəɡnəʊz/ v 诊断
ChatGPT helped a mother determine what was causing her son's debilitating (使衰弱的) pain that had been ongoing for three years.ChatGPT 助力一位母亲确定了导致她儿子持续三年疼痛难忍的病因。
ongoing [学术词] adj 持续存在的（on + going）
考特尼没有透露自己的姓氏，她告诉今日网站记者，她的儿子亚历克斯在四岁时开始出现难受的症状，当时正值新冠疫情*锁封**期间。家里的保姆“跟我说：‘我必须每天给他吃莫特林，否则他会大发脾气’。”考特尼说道。止痛药有助于减轻孩子的疼痛，但其他令人担忧的症状也开始出现。
reveal /rɪˈviːl/ v [学术词] [课标新增词] 透露
symptom /ˈsɪmptəm/ n 症状
lockdown n *锁封**（lock + down）
meltdown n 崩溃（melt + down）
painkiller n 止痛药（pain + killer）
worrisome /ˈwʌrisəm/ adj 令人担忧的（worry + -some）
pop up 突然出现
亚历克斯开始咀嚼东西后，他的家人又怀疑他是否有蛀牙。牙医对他进行了检查，没有发现任何问题；随后，亚历克斯被转诊到一位牙齿矫正医生，医生发现他的上颚太小。这会导致睡眠困难，亚历克斯的家人认为这可能是他感觉不舒服的部分原因。
chew on sth 不停地咀嚼某物
refer sb / sth to sb / sth 将······送交给（以求获得帮助等）
The orthodontist treated Alex by placing an expander in his palate, which temporarily put his family at ease. "Everything was better for a little bit. We thought we were in the home stretch," Courtney said. 这位牙齿矫正医生在亚历克斯的上颚植入了扩张器，这让他的家人暂时放下心来。“情况似乎有所好转，一切都好了一些。”考特尼说。
expander n 扩张器（expand + -er）
put sb at (their) ease 使（某人感到）舒适；使（某人感到）自在
the home stretch 终点直道
But Alex continued to suffer: Courtney soon noticed her son had stopped growing, and that he wasn't walking the way he should have been. "He would lead with his right foot and just bring his left foot along for the ride," she said. He was also experiencing severe headaches and exhaustion. 但亚历克斯仍在继续受苦：考特尼很快就发现儿子不长个子，走路也不正常。她说：“亚历克斯老用右脚走在前面，然后拖着左脚走。”他还出现了严重的头痛，而且总是感觉疲劳。
severe /sɪˈvɪə(r)/ adj 十分严重的
exhaustion /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən/ n 疲惫（exhaust + -ion）
为了弄清亚历克斯到底出了什么问题，考特尼一家看了多位专家，其中包括儿科医生、神经科医生、耳鼻喉科专科医生等等。考特尼说，他们一共请了 17 位医生进行诊治，但都无解，这让他们感到十分无力。医生推荐的治疗方法都不能解决她儿子的问题。
figure out 弄清楚；弄明白
specialist n 专科医生；专家（special + -ist）
all told 总共
After three years of doctors' appointments, Courtney turned to ChatGPT for answers. The chatbot, created by a company called OpenAI and released in 2022, was made to dialogue with people in a conversational way. 看医三年之后，考特尼开始向 ChatGPT 寻求答案。该聊天机器人由一家名为 OpenAI 的公司创建，于 2022 年发布，可以与人进行对话。
chatbot n 聊天机器人（chat + bot 机器人程序）
release v [学术词] [一词多义] 发布；公开
dialogue v [名词动化] 进行对话
conversational /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənl/ adj 对话的（conversation + -al）
"I went line by line of everything that was in his [MRI notes] and plugged it into ChatGPT," Courtney said. "I put the note in there about how he wouldn't sit crisscross[ed] ... To me, that was a huge trigger (触发因素) [that] a structural thing could be wrong." 考特尼说：“我一行一行地查看亚历克斯（核磁共振成像记录）中的所有信息，然后将其全部输入给 ChatGPT。”“我把有关他不会盘腿坐的说明也输入进去······对我来说，这是一个关键的信息点，它表明亚历克斯的身体可能出现了结构性问题。”
plug sth into sth 接通
structural /ˈstrʌktʃərəl/ adj 结构的（structure [课标新增词] + -al）
通过使用 ChatGPT，考特尼知道了脊髓栓系综合征，这是脊柱裂的一种并发症。她预约了一位新的神经外科医生，该医生确认了亚历克斯患有隐性脊柱裂引起的脊髓栓系，这是一种会导致脊髓发育异常的先天性缺陷。根据美国疾病控制与预防中心的说法，这是最轻微的脊柱裂，该中心称这种情况有时被称为“隐性”脊柱裂，通常要到孩子长大后才会被发现。
complication/ˌkɒmplɪˈkeɪʃn/ n 并发症；使更复杂化的事物
birth defect 先天缺陷
as per sth 按照；依据
The new doctors "said point-blank, ‘Here's [occulta] spina bifida, and here's where the spine is tethered,'" Courtney recalled. She subsequently said she felt "every emotion in the book, relief, validated (证实), excitement for his future". 考特尼回忆说，新医生“直截了当地说，‘这是（隐形）脊柱裂，这里是脊柱被拴住的地方’。”她随后表示，自己当时“百感交集，既感到宽慰、怀疑得到了证实，又对儿子的未来满怀期待”。
point-blank adv 直截了当地
recall v [课标新增词] 回忆起；回想起
subsequently /ˈsʌbsɪkwəntli/ adv [学术词] 后来；随后（subsequent [课标新增词] + -ly）
emotion n [课标新增词] 感情；情绪
研究人员已经在研究 ChatGPT 对医学的影响。今年 5 月发表在《人工智能前沿》上的一篇论文指出，这项技术对医学领域来说既有利也有弊。论文写道：“ChatGPT 在医学领域的潜在应用范围很广，从确定潜在的研究课题到协助专业人员进行临床和实验室诊断，不一而足。”然而，文章接着指出，“尽管 ChatGPT 和其他人工智能工具具有潜在的应用价值，但在医学写作中使用它们也会带来伦理和法律问题。”
drawback n 缺点（draw + back）
potential application 应用前景
range from sth to sth 包括各种事物；在某范围内变化
pose v [学术词] [课标新增词] 引起；导致
专家们一致认为，ChatGPT 有可能帮助某些人更自如地应对医疗系统中的事宜，但目前还不够成熟。正如美国医学协会主席、医学博士、公共卫生硕士杰西-M-埃伦菲尔德在今日网站发表的一份声明中所说：“虽然人工智能产品在减轻医生的管理负担方面表现出巨大潜力，并最终可能成功应用于对病人的直接护理，但众所周知，OpenAI 公司的 ChatGPT，以及其他生成式人工智能产品目前存在很多问题，并非毫无差错。”他解释说，人工智能可能会产生虚构的、不准确的或错误的信息，这些问题“可能会对病人造成伤害”。
ultimately /ˈʌltɪmətli/ adv [学术词][课标新增词] 最终；最后（ultimate + -ly）
error free 无错误的
inaccuracy /ɪnˈækjərəsi/ n [学术词] 不准确（in- + accurate + -cy）
生成式人工智能 generative AI
是指基于算法、模型、规则生成文本、图片、声音、视频、代码等内容的技术。目前生成式人工智能系统包括大型语言模型聊天机器人，如 ChatGPT、Bing Chat、Bard 和 LLaMA，以及文本生成图像的人工智能艺术系统，如 Stable Diffusion、Midjourney 和 DALL-E。
词汇检测
一、构词法。
1. exhaust (v) → _______ (n 疲惫)
2. special (adj) → _______ (n 专家)
3. conversation (n) → _______ (adj 对话的)
4. accurate (adj) → _______ (n 准确) → _______ (n 不准确)
二、英汉互译。
1. 引起；导致 p_______
2. 发布；公开 r _______
3. 回忆起；回想起 r_______
4. 后来；随后 s_______
5. 感情；情绪 e_______
6. 最终；最后 u_______
7. 应用前景 _______
8. 使（某人感到）舒适；使（某人感到）自在 _______
9. lockdown _______
10. the home stretch _______
11. administrative burden _______
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（2023·浙江杭州·统考二模）
ChatGPT, designed by OpenAI to carry on conversations just like humans, has become a viral excitement. The AI-powered tool went from zero to a million users in just five days! Its ability to provide in-depth answers to user questions has even drawn the attention of distinguished technology companies.
The intelligent robot understands what the user says or types and then responds in a way that makes sense. Its vast body of knowledge has been gathered from the internet and archived books. It is further trained by humans. This makes ChatGPT a useful tool for researching almost any topic.
"We have a lot of information on the internet, but you normally have to Google it, then read it and then do something with it," says Ricardo, chief science officer and co-founder of AI company Erudit. "Now you'll have this resource that can process the whole internet and all of the information it contains for you to answer your question."
ChatGPT cannot think on its own. It depends on the information that it has been trained on. As a result, the AI tool works well for things that have accurate data available. However, when unsure, ChatGPT can get creative and flow out incorrect responses. OpenAI cautions users to check the information no matter how logical it sounds. Also, ChatGPT has only been trained with information till 2021. Hence, it cannot be relied upon for anything that happened after that.
Experts believe ChatGPT has limitless potential to solve real-world problems. It can translate long texts into different languages, create content on almost any topic, and even summarize books.
However, ChatGPT has received mixed reactions from educators. Some believe it could serve as a valuable tool to help build literacy skills in the classroom. It could also be used to teach students difficult science or math concepts. But other educators think ChatGPT will encourage students to cheat. They fear this will prevent them from building critical thinking and problem-solving skills. As a result, many districts are starting to ban its use in schools.
1. What is the unique feature of ChatGPT?
A. It has artificial intelligence.B. It can answer users' questions.C. It has the largest number of users.D. It can engage in meaningful conversations.
2. What makes ChatGPT helpful to research various topics?
A. Its capability of information processing.
B. Its accurate information.
C. Its availability of up-to-date data.
D. Its vast body of questions.
3. Why do ChatGPT users have to be cautious when using it?
A. ChatGPT is unable to think itself.
B. ChatGPT lacks creativity.
C. ChatGPT offers illogical information.
D. ChatGPT is not properly trained.
4. What is the author's attitude towards ChatGPT?
A. Favorable.
B. Disapproving.
C. Objective.
D. Intolerant.
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【词汇检测】
一、
1. exhaustion 2. specialist 3. conversational 4. accuracy; inaccuracy
二、
1. pose 2. release 3. recall 4. subsequently 5. emotion 6. ultimately 7. potential application 8. put sb at (their) ease 9. *锁封** 10. 终点直道 11. 管理负担
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