I asked it about a growth on my nose. It told me:
> A lesion with these characteristics must be evaluated in person by a healthcare professional, preferably a dermatologist, as soon as possible.
So I waited in urgent care today for 5 hours, and was told by a doctor that it is highly likely to be Basal Cell Carcinoma, and I must get a skin biopsy ASAP.
Some people don’t like that this happened but it did—and I’m thankful.
Now to address some questions:
“What if Gemini gave the wrong response?”
It didn’t. It gave the right response, and that’s what matters. It’s not that I trust Gemini—it’s that I needed a psychological push to deal with something difficult.
“If you know something’s off, why don’t you just see a doctor?”
Because I have no family doctor, walk-in clinics don’t accept walk-ins anymore, and urgent care facilities have five hour wait times.
If I’m going to spend five hours somewhere during my daughter’s birthday, it better be something important.
“Why do you trust AI?”
I don’t trust AI—and in this case, even AI knew well enough it was not to be trusted.
However AI is pretty good at providing leads. Not answers. A potential direction for an answer.
To be clear, I’m telling anyone to like AI. I’m not saying you should turn to it for medical advice.
But what I am saying is this, at least today, Gemini helped me.
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