Down the rabbit hole – clinical pharmacology versus ChatGPT
We asked both versions of ChatGPT a question on the safety of
methylphenidate in pregnancy and its possible adverse effects on female
fertility. We then compared the answers to our DIC-mini-review (full
answers in supplements 2, 3 and 4).
The overall structure of our answer and that of ChatGPT 3.5 was almost
identical; both provide background information on methylphenidate,
followed by a section on female fertility and pregnancy safety and
finally a conclusion and list of references. ChatGPT 4.0 provided a more
abstract-like summary, and did not include background information about
methylphenidate. Some sentences were strikingly similar: