> A close relative is a practicing surgeon and a professor in his field. He watches youtube videos of surgeries practically every day.
A professor in the field can probably go "ok this video is bullshit" a couple minutes in if it's wrong. They can identify a bad surgeon, a dangerous technique, or an edge case that may not be covered.
You and I cannot. Basically, the same problem the general public has with phishing, but even more devastating potential consequences.
I don't think anyone is talking about "medical sites" but rather medical sites. Indeed "medical sites" are no better than unvetted youtube videos created by "experts".
That said, if (hypothetically) gemini were citing only videos posted by professional physicians or perhaps videos uploaded to the channel of a medical school that would be fine. The present situation is similar to an LLM generating lots of citations to vixra.
A professor in the field can probably go "ok this video is bullshit" a couple minutes in if it's wrong. They can identify a bad surgeon, a dangerous technique, or an edge case that may not be covered.
You and I cannot. Basically, the same problem the general public has with phishing, but even more devastating potential consequences.