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Breast Cancer (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 months ago (25 children)

Unfortunately AI models like this one often never make it to the clinic. The model could be impressive enough to identify 100% of cases that will develop breast cancer. However if it has a false positive rate of say 5% it’s use may actually create more harm than it intends to prevent.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago

That's why these systems should never be used as the sole decision makers, but instead work as a tool to help the professionals make better decisions.

Keep the human in the loop!

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