Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as large language models (LLMs) and chatbots show signs of deteriorating cognitive abilities with age akin to humans, a new study has claimed. The study comes at a time when users are increasingly asking AI tools for medical diagnoses, owing to their ability to simplify medical jargon. The pattern of impairment shown by the AI tools resembled that of human patients with posterior cortical atrophy, a variant of Alzheimer’s disease, the researchers added. The researchers made the claim after assessing the cognitive abilities of leading LLMs – ChatGPT versions 4 and 4o, Claude 3.5 \”Sonnet\” (developed by Anthropic), and Gemini versions 1 and 1.5 ( developed by Alphabet), using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test. They point out that it was unlikely that neurologists would be replaced by LLMs any time soon but they may soon \”find themselves treating new, virtual patients\” — the AI models, they added. They added that the findings challenge the assumption that artificial intelligence will soon replace human doctors as the cognitive impairment evident in leading chatbots may affect their reliability in medical diagnostics and undermine patients’ confidence.
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as large lang….
