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[Dorian Grey]

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash:
 

 
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Deep Thinking:
 

Google Gemini Deep Research:

 

Fair enough.  I saw a post elsewhere & just did a simple Google search, & the reply popped up.  Did not specifically seek out Gemini.  

 

Try a simple search: was early outpatient treatment with hydroxychloroquine for covid scientifically proven to be ineffective?

 

I get a quote from a peer reviewed NIH paper PMC7534595 Highlighted at the top of the page was: 

 

"HCQ was found to be consistently effective against COVID-19 when provided early in the outpatient setting. It was also found to be overall effective in inpatient studies. No unbiased study found worse outcomes with HCQ use".

Edited by Dorian Grey, 17 March 2025 - 10:30 PM.

[Florin]

Fair enough.  I saw a post elsewhere & just did a simple Google search, & the reply popped up.  Did not specifically seek out Gemini.  

 

Try a simple search: was early outpatient treatment with hydroxychloroquine for covid scientifically proven to be ineffective?

 

I get a quote from a peer reviewed NIH paper PMC7534595 

 

"HCQ was found to be consistently effective against COVID-19 when provided early in the outpatient setting. It was also found to be overall effective in inpatient studies. No unbiased study found worse outcomes with HCQ use".

 

That's just a quote from a single study provided by Google's "featured snippets" feature, not by Google's AI (Gemini). All Gemini versions claim that HCQ treatment doesn't work (two versions claim that even early treatment doesn't work), but OTOH, the Flash version did mention that the recent COPCOV trial showed a moderate benefit.

 

While generative AI might point to blind spots and surface stuff you may have missed, I wouldn't trust it without triple checking due to the well-known problems it has like hallucinations and lack of common sense reasoning in some contexts. In other words, there's still no substitute for personal research and thinking skills.

Edited by Florin, 17 March 2025 - 10:52 PM.