ChatGPT underperforms in triaging appropriate use of Mohs surgery for cutaneous neoplasms

Abstract

To the Editor: Artificial intelligence (AI) is an evolving tool with applications in dermatology actively under investigation. ChatGPT is an open-access AI chatbot released by OpenAI in November 2022. GPT stands for “generative pretrained transformers,” reflecting the technology’s ability to produce complex lines of thought via language analysis. ChatGPT has shown some competence in medical decision making, demonstrated by its recent passing score on the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 examination.

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