A 49-year-old man claims that Grok, the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI (PC:XAIIQ), helped save his life after it correctly identified a near-ruptured appendix that doctors had missed. In fact, when he first went to the ER, he was told the intense abdominal pain he was experiencing was just acid reflux. But after the pain didn’t go away, he turned to Grok, which analyzed his symptoms and urged him to return to the hospital and request a CT scan. That scan confirmed a much more serious issue.
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The man, who posted about the experience on Reddit under the username u/Tykjen, said that he had been in constant, sharp abdominal pain for 24 hours. The ER doctor felt his belly, didn’t find anything unusual, prescribed acid blockers, and sent him home. Still in pain, he reopened a chat with Grok and described everything he was feeling. The AI quickly flagged the issue as possibly being a perforated ulcer or an unusual case of appendicitis and strongly recommended going back to the ER. He followed that advice and, hours later, had emergency surgery to remove his appendix.
Interestingly, in the Reddit thread, the man admitted he didn’t tell the doctors that the AI made the suggestion. Instead, he claimed that his sister, a nurse, told him to ask for the scan so they’d take it seriously. Interestingly, other commenters supported the use of AI in healthcare, with one saying they would be happy if AI replaced doctors who no longer seem to care. The man agreed, saying the first ER visit felt like that. Elon Musk has also talked about using AI and robots like Tesla Optimus in medicine, especially if they can be made affordable and skilled enough to help with real medical care.
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