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A second opinion for the dog's health
An owner pasted test results into GPT-4, which suggested a hypothesis that the veterinarian confirmed.
- Profession
- Pet Owner
- Tools
- GPT-4
- Source
- the-decoder.com ↗
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Report date
- March 28, 2023
- Verified on
- October 24, 2026
What they did
After his anemic dog got worse, he asked GPT-4 for hypotheses and took them to the veterinarian.
How it went
The account does not include numbers.
Good to know
The decision belongs to the veterinarian; use AI to formulate questions.
The prompt
My dog [breed, age] has [symptoms] and these test results [values]. Which hypotheses should I discuss with the veterinarian, and which tests could tell them apart?
Replace what is in [brackets]. Prompt written by us from the account, not a literal copy of the source. Do not paste other people’s personal data (privacy laws such as LGPD and GDPR apply).
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