I Asked GPT-3 About Covid-19. Its Responses Shocked Me. Generative AI systems could guide future pandemic decision-makers

  • No public health authority should rely on an AI system to make recommendations, of course. But as they grow in power and reach, AI systems could become another tool in leaders' belts, allowing them to quickly parse existing scientific knowledge for insights that could help to guide in-the-moment decision-making. As the systems become better at citing their sources and explaining their output, their value as tools for guiding decision-making will only grow, because the validity of their predictions can be checked and vetted.