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Nobody can (and should) stop you from learning and educating yourself. It however doesn't mean just because you can use Google or use AI, you think you can become a doctor:

- Bihar teen dies after ‘fake doctor’ conducts surgery using YouTube tutorial: Report - https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-teen-dies-af...

- Surgery performed while watching YouTube video leaves woman dead - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttar-pradesh/surgery-perf...

- Woman dies after quack delivers her baby while watching YouTube videos - https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bihar/in-bihar-woman-...

Educating a user about their illness and treatment is a legitimate use case for AI, but acting on its advise to treat yourself or self-medicate would be plain stupidity. (Thankfully, self-medicating isn't as easy because most medication require a prescription. However, so called "alternate" medicines are often a grey area, even with regulations (for example, in India).



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