{"slug": "ask-hn-how-much-do-you-trust-llms-with-your-health-questions", "title": "Ask HN: How much do you trust LLMs with your health questions?", "summary": "A software engineer asks the Hacker News community how much they trust large language models for health questions, noting they increasingly compare their doctor's notes against LLM answers and seek perspectives on using LLMs for non-engineering tasks.", "body_md": "| ||||||||||||||||\n2 points by |\nAs software engineers, we've definitely seen the best use case for LLMs so far. Coding agents have shown us what these models can do in an area we can actually verify. But lately I've found myself comparing my doctor's notes against LLM answers more and more. Curious how others are using LLMs, and relying on them, for non-engineering stuff.\n| |||||||||||||||\n|", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-much-do-you-trust-llms-with-your-health-questions", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48593007", "published_at": "2026-06-18 23:30:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-19 00:01:56.713153+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-much-do-you-trust-llms-with-your-health-questions", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-much-do-you-trust-llms-with-your-health-questions.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-much-do-you-trust-llms-with-your-health-questions.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-much-do-you-trust-llms-with-your-health-questions.jsonld"}}