Parallel pressures: the common roots of doctor bullshit and large language model hallucinations
<b>Roberto Correa Soto</b><b>and colleagues</b> argue that the drive that leads doctors to make unfounded statements are mirrored in the forces that cause LLMs to generate false information creating a potentially hazardous positive feedback loop in healthcare
Authors
- Valentina Velasco-Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4040-5825)
- Adam Rodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8452-0692)
- Luís Pino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4475-7470)
- Jennifer Ziegler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2139-3427)
- Liam G. McCoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4468-2256)
- Roberto A Correa Soto
- Camilo Perdomo-Luna
- Andrés Rico
- Adelaida Uribe-Castaño
Institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Exponent (United States) (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Universidad de Los Andes (CO)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO)
- Hospital Militar Central (CO)
- Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (CO)
- Hospital Universitario Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2570
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.55