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A man asked AI for health advice and it cooked every brain cell

Chubbyemu

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Chubbyemu presents a medical case study of a man who developed severe bromism after using an AI chatbot for health advice.

Enjoy FlexiSpot's Black Friday sale - up to 80% off! lowest prices of the year and with a chance to get your order for free! Use my code "Chubbyemu" to save 10% for orders over $500. FlexiSpot E7 Pro standing desk: USA: bit.ly/4o43ob6 CAN: bit.ly/4obyPR1 Patient AJ by Marcus Ellison, Jr. PA: Brandon Galvan In-depth channel: @HemeReview Secret channel: @BigEmus Music by @Lifeformed Other music inspired by R. Prince. Performed by Chubbyemu Medicine ► youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26HeTCO57qcMQB6CrU6QRzEi9tt9l1FI These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet. References: A Case of Bromism Influenced by Use of Artificial Intelligence. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2024.1260 A Negative Anion Gap as a Clue to Diagnose Bromide Intoxication. karger.com/nef/article-abstract/69/3/311/217617/A-Negative-A… Case Files of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship at the New York City Poison Control: Bromism: Forgotten, but Not Gone. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3550397/ Mind the gap: Bromism secondary to internet-purchased supplements. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35953389/ Bromism from excessive cola consumption. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9140329/ The anion gap, advantages and disadvantages. derangedphysiology.com/main/required-reading/acid-base-disor… Chapter Ten: Bromism. gulflink.health.mil/library/randrep/pb_paper/mr1018.2.chap10… Regional cerebral blood flow in a case of bromide psychosis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/883888/ Iodide and Negative Anion Gap. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197805042981828 The Anion Gap. nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM197710132971507 Bromide, the first effective antiepileptic agent. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/instance/1737805/pdf/v072p0041… Hydrated radii and hydration numbers of ions in water. bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/files/Hydrated%20radii%20and%20hy…(approximate).pdf

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2 people recommend this, 1 disputes it

What people say. Recommended as a cautionary tale demonstrating the dangers of using artificial intelligence and large language models for medical self-diagnosis.

iLoveOncallin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Introducing ChatGPT Health”

Since there are a lot of positive comments at the top (not surprising given the astroturfing on HN), please watch this video from ChubbyEmu, a real doctor, about a case study from someone who self-diagnosed using AI: link to this video For every positive experience there are many more that are negative, if not life threatening or simply deadly.
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Imustaskforhelpin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Google: Don't make "bite-sized" content for LLMs”

xD I am not even kidding but there is a guy who viewed twitter, found that table salt Aka sodium chloride is "bad for health" and the medical study recommends that if thats the case then they should less the consumption But he ends up asking chatgpt and it somehow recommends him the idea of sodium bromide instead of sodium chloride and it really ended up having him have so many hallucinations and so many other problems that the list goes on. I found this from a video, definitely worth a watch link to this video A man asked AI for health advice and it cooked every brain cell
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Joel_Mckayin Hacker News • Disputes

On “Is it a bubble?”

LLM slop doesn't have aspirations at all, its just click bait nonsense. link Drives people insane: link to this video And LLM are economically and technologically unsustainable: link These have already proven it will be unconstrained if AGI ever emerges. link The LLM bubble will pass, as it is already losing money with every new user. =3
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Joel_Mckayin Hacker News • Disputes

On “If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?”

If a task involves zero workmanship, than the opportunity cost is near $0 anyway. To be clear, LLM is not real "AI", not sustainable, and already losing money with every new user. An imperfect mirror shows only the irrational what they wish to see. link to this video I look forward to likely having a cluster of heavily discounted GPUs in a few years. =3
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Joel_Mckayin Hacker News • Disputes

On “The No Fakes Act Has a "Fingerprinting" Trap That Kills Open Source”

…delusional boards sand-bagging for time... these LLM businesses are simply unsustainable fictions. Many problems don't have simple answers, but one may merely profit by their predictable nature. I would recommend volunteering with a local pet rescue society if you find yourself getting upset about trivia. Have a great day. =3 link link link link to this video link…
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Joel_Mckayin Hacker News • Disputes

On “Please Don't Say Mean Things about the AI I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In”

LLM is not real AI, would take 75% of our galaxy energy to reach human level error rates, and is economically a fiction.... but it doesn't have to be "AGI" to cause real harm. link The damage is already clear =3 link link to this video link
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Imustaskforhelpin Hacker News • Disputes

On “US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters”

…time. Have you talked to an average person and how they use AI? They use it as a glorified no-code editor and search engine. A search engine which can make some pretty wrong cases which can literally lead to near death like scenarios all while being completely trust me bro attitude. A man asked AI for health advice and it cooked every brain cell: link to this video Normal people use AI to confide in it secrets, seek therapy somehow. And the same AI generates AI pyschosis. Now coming to tech industry: Tech industry is worried about that such levels of democratization just means that nobody is going to pay for them yet at the same time, we will see projects who are completely created by AI seek money. I…
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lenerdenatorin Hacker News • Mentions

On “I misused LLMs to diagnose myself and ended up bedridden for a week”

I think you'll see this happen a lot more. Not just in the US where docs cost money, but anywhere there's a shortage of docs and/or it's a pain in the butt to go to one. YouTuber ChubbyEmu (who makes medical case reviews in a somewhat entertaining and accessible format) recently released a video about a man who suffered a case of brominism (which almost never happens anymore) after consulting an LLM. 0 0 link to this video
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Joel_Mckayin Hacker News • Mentions

On “My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek (2025)”

Indeed, real doctors have the advantage of understanding how to treat humans that are incapacitated. =3 link to this video
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