Assessing ChatGPT vs. Standard Medical Resources for Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Education: A Medical Professional Evaluation Study

The Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) represents a significant advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot technology. While ChatGPT offers promising capabilities, concerns remain about its reliability and accuracy. This study aims to evaluate ChatGPT’s responses to patients’ frequently asked questions about Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG). Expert Gastroenterologists and Bariatric Surgeons, with experience in ESG, were invited to evaluate ChatGPT-generated answers to eight ESG-related questions, and answers sourced from hospital websites. The evaluation criteria included ease of understanding, scientific accuracy, and overall answer satisfaction. They were also tasked with discerning whether each response was AI generated or not. Twelve medical professionals with expertise in ESG participated, 83.3