Impact Of AI Misinformation On Diagnostic Accuracy And Confidence Calibration In Novice Medical Students

Impact Of AI Misinformation On Diagnostic Accuracy And Confidence Calibration In Novice Medical Students

For novice medical learners, do the benefits of correct AI explanations outweigh the risks of plausible misinformation? In a randomized trial with 111 students, we found they do not. Our results reveal a significant and problematic asymmetry: misleading AI explanations significantly degraded diagnostic accuracy, while correct explanations offered no significant improvement over a no-explanation control. 

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AI-generated misinformation can significantly reduce diagnostic accuracy and distort confidence, especially among less experienced medical learners, with harmful effects outweighing the benefits of correct AI guidance.



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