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. 2023 Apr 1;481(4):651-655.
doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002619. Epub 2023 Mar 3.

Not the Last Word: ChatGPT Can't Perform Orthopaedic Surgery

Joseph Bernstein  1
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Not the Last Word: ChatGPT Can't Perform Orthopaedic Surgery

Joseph Bernstein. Clin Orthop Relat Res. .
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The author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request.

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Fig. 1
This is a screen shot of my conversation with ChatGPT. I asked, “What questions can I ask my patient to make sure he truly understands the risks and benefits of total hip arthroplasty?”
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This cartoon was generated by DALL-E, which is another artificial intelligence program from OpenAI.com (https://openai.com/dall-e-2/). It was produced in response to a request, “draw a cartoon of an orthopaedic surgeon arguing with a plumber.” I added the captions. In this paper, the image is just an amusement, but AI-drawn images, as they get more and more sophisticated, will have great implications for medical and scientific research. When the human eye cannot distinguish between real photographs and so-called deepfakes generated by machine, believing will require more than seeing.
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