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Here’s a recent (yesterday) example of a benefit though.

I tried unsuccessfully to search for an ECG analysis term (EAR or EA Run) using Google, DDG, etc. There was no magic set of quoting, search terms, etc. that could explain what those terms were. Ear is just too common for a word.

ChatGPT however was able to take the context of the question I had (an ECG analysis) and lead me to the answer right away of what EAR meant.

I wasn’t seeking medical advice though, just a better search engine with context. So there are clearly benefits here too.



Ectopic Atrial Rhythm?


Yeah I took the person's comment, snipped "ECG analysis term EAR meaning" from it and popped that in to google, found a page "ECG Glossary, Terms, & Terminology List" and under the E section it has "Ectopic Atrial Rhythm".

That said if its correct, LLMs are less work for this kind of thing.

But often when people explain to another person what they are looking for, as done in their comment, they will do a better job explaining what they need than when they are in their own head trying to google it. Which is why I just snipped their words to search for it.




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