Medical Technology

@moorejh 3 years ago

The labels attached to images used to train machine-vision systems are often wrong. That could mean bad decisions by self-driving cars and medical algorithms. https://www.wired.com/story/foundations-ai-riddled-errors/ #machinelearning #datascience #deeplearning

@ewenharrison 4 years ago

Black box models are not acceptable for high stakes decisions in medicine. Models must be interpretable, not just explainable (explanations are wrong by definition). Here’s your great long-read for today by @CynthiaRudin https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.10154 #rstats #DataScience

@gigabarb 7 years ago

RT @rachelking: This changes everything: We've Been Treating Appendicitis Wrong For Years via @FortuneMagazine #FortuneHealth https://t.co/3DFvTckwuC

@WIRED 7 years ago

Not only is armchair diagnosis of a political candidate just plain unscientific, but the disservice it does to the stigma around mental illness can actually ...

@mathewi 8 years ago

RT @petersims: Wow. "Nearly all of our medical research is wrong" Danielle Teller. Truth tell. @astroteller @pmarca @Bill_George http://qz.com/603356/why-scientific-studies-cant-be-reproduced/

@pmarca 8 years ago

RT @petersims: Wow. "Nearly all of our medical research is wrong" Danielle Teller. Truth tell. @astroteller @pmarca @Bill_George http://qz.com/603356/why-scientific-studies-cant-be-reproduced/

@bizcarson 8 years ago

Always aware of margin of error, but scary to believe that it could be so wrong and affect medication dosages: http://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-has-struggled-with-blood-tests-1444881901

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @cadwego: Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/19/half-of-dr-ozs-medical-advice-is-baseless-or-wrong-study-says/