Reply to Comment on “Evaluation and Comparison of the Knowledge Levels of Current Artificial Intelligence Programs on Retinal/Vitreous Diseases and Treatment Methods”

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Dear Editor, We would like to thank Drs. Daungsupawong and Wiwanitkit for their interest in and positive criticisms that improved our article. We are very pleased with the interest shown in our article. Our study included 46 questions about retina and vitreous diseases and treatment methods. These questions cover the questions in the BCSC book on Retina and Vitreous, a respected book series of the American Academy and Association of Ophthalmology.1 This book series is an important ophthalmology source that has proven its international reputation at a certain level and contains up-to-date information. To avoid any bias or skipping between topics, we included all the questions in the book that measure information on all issues in our study and ensured the homogeneity of the questions. In addition, we did not find it appropriate to apply additional questions in our study (even though we think that it could be effective in showing the performances more accurately) because it could disrupt the homogeneity of the questions. However, we believe that studies to be conducted with larger and more up-to-date series will be effective in clarifying the thoughts on this subject to a significant extent. Before asking the questions, we gave the artificial intelligence programs the command to only indicate the correct answer option and asked them to answer the questions in this way. Then, we eliminated the interpretations of the answers by comparing them with the answer key at the back of the book and accepted their success in providing a more accurate and clear answer as a criterion.1 The problems in accessing up-to-date information by artificial intelligence chatbots appear to be one of the major obstacles to the use of these programs, and solution options need to be found in this regard.2,3 Investigating, identifying, and raising awareness of these limitations will guide developments in this regard. The use and dissemination of artificial intelligence programs in retina and vitreous diseases still has many limitations and there are many speed-limiting steps that need to be developed. Ensuring that programs have access to up-to-date information, developing their contextual understanding capabilities, and even being able to communicate closely with a clinician and provide guidance are among the important issues that need to be researched and improved in the future. Financial support and sponsorship Nil. Conflicts of interest There are no conflicts of interest.

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