Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · May 2024
ReviewThe new paradigm in machine learning - foundation models, large language models and beyond: a primer for physicians.
Foundation machine learning models are deep learning models capable of performing many different tasks using different data modalities such as text, audio, images and video. They represent a major shift from traditional task-specific machine learning prediction models. ⋯ However, such models are not without risk and can potentially cause harm if their development, evaluation and use are devoid of proper scrutiny. This narrative review describes the different types of LLM, their emerging applications and potential limitations and bias and likely future translation into clinical practice.