• Miller J
• Williams-Frey S

• Artificial Intelligence
• Infant Care
• Open Access Document
• Pediatric Chiropractic

Objective: The purpose of this paper was to investigate answers to basic research questions available on a widely used Artificial Intelligence site. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is machine intelligence which relies upon its ability to detect, identify, process and recall increasing numbers of variables within any specific topic and use it to mimic human intelligence. It is known to have benefits for medical questions.

Methods: We asked four basic research questions (topics on which we have previously published) of an Artificial Intelligence site. The answers were presented without any changes or amendments. The site offered a “regenerate” feature if you were unhappy with the first answer and this was utilized once. Results: Four short articles were prepared and downloaded from the AI site in approximately 20 seconds each.

Discussion: The short (one page) articles generated logical but not always accurate content, without any apparent clinical decision making or critical reflection. The content was mostly historical and did not include any nuanced answers with clinical perspective. It is reasonable that high school and college instructors might be concerned that students consider using this system to generate classroom paper assignments. It is anticipated that AI will be increasingly used to generate diagnoses from complex data exhibited by patients in a health care setting.

Conclusion: The articles generated were basic and did not include any research papers past the year 2018 nor deep and thoughtful discussion as has been done in independent researcher driven papers to answer research questions. It is anticipated that AI will become more sophisticated and increasingly useful and utilized by students and professionals of all types. It needs to be held within our focus so that it can be used wisely and not merely accepted with its limitations.

Author keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Infant colic, chiropractic, probiotics, pediatric, infant.