arXiv:2604.15331cs.HCcs.AI2026-04被引 3

分析50万条健康对话,揭示用户如何用Copilot应对医疗问题。

How people use Copilot for Health

  • 构建12类意图分类体系,用隐私保护的LLM识别健康咨询意图。
  • 近五分之一对话涉及个人症状或病情讨论,晚间使用显著增加。
  • 适合关注健康AI应用、医疗系统设计与家庭护理的研究者。

我们分析了2026年1月至3月间超过50万条去标识化的健康相关微软Copilot对话,以了解人们如何使用对话式AI处理健康问题。通过基于隐私保护的LLM分类构建了包含12个主类别的层次化意图分类体系,并经专家人工标注验证;同时利用LLM驱动的主题聚类识别各类别中的主要话题。研究发现:近五分之一(19%)的对话涉及个人症状评估或疾病讨论,而占主导地位的一般信息类别(40%)也集中于具体治疗和疾病,表明真实个人健康意图可能更高。每七次个人健康提问中就有一例是关于他人(如孩子、父母、伴侣),显示其作为照护工具的价值。个人症状与情绪健康查询在晚间和深夜显著上升,此时传统医疗资源最有限。设备使用差异明显:移动端聚焦个人健康,桌面端则主要用于专业与学术工作。大量查询集中在医疗系统导航,如寻找医生、理解保险,凸显现有医疗交付中的痛点。这些模式对平台设计、安全策略及健康AI的负责任发展具有直接启示。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We analyze over 500,000 de-identified health-related conversations with Microsoft Copilot from January 2026 to characterize what people ask conversational AI about health. We develop a hierarchical intent taxonomy of 12 primary categories using privacy-preserving LLM-based classification validated against expert human annotation, and apply LLM-driven topic-clustering for prevalent themes within each intent. Using this taxonomy, we characterize the intents and topics behind health queries, identify who these queries are about, and analyze how usage varies by device and time of day. Five findings stand out. First, nearly one in five conversations involve personal symptom assessment or condition discussion, and even the dominant general information category (40%) is concentrated on specific treatments and conditions, suggesting that this is a lower bound on personal health intent. Second, one in seven of these personal health queries concern someone other than the user, such as a child, a parent, a partner, suggesting that conversational AI can be a caregiving tool, not just a personal one. Third, personal queries about symptoms and emotional health queries increase markedly in the evening and nighttime hours, when traditional healthcare is most limited. Fourth, usage diverges sharply by device: mobile concentrates on personal health concerns, while desktop is dominated by professional and academic work. Fifth, a substantial share of queries focuses on navigating healthcare systems such as finding providers, and understanding insurance, highlighting friction in the delivery of existing healthcare. These patterns have direct implications for platform-specific design, safety considerations, and the responsible development of health AI.

健康AI对话系统用户行为医疗系统

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