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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Radiologist used computer aids almost as long as they've read digital scans, including various iterations of machine learning based ones.

This is huge, but "outperforming" is a misleading title. In practice, this this would be tool on a radiologist's monitor. As they're flipping through scans, it would flag this with a blinking notification, prompt them to squint at the spot, and likely confirm its warning (like existing tools already do in, say, highly detailed breast cancer scans).


And that's what machine learning should be. Continuously finetuned, laser-focused tools that are uncannily good at their specific job, checked by humans (so the job is faster and less tedious).

Not as replacements.

And don't let literal sociopaths in the tech world tell you otherwise.