This right here. The chat bot shit is shit. The tech analyzing X Rays to detect lung cancers is great. The problem is they can’t just sell “machine augmented professionals” they need to sell “A.I.” which is a marketing department fever dream

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The tech analyzing X Rays to detect lung cancers is great

well, it's great if it's actually doing something novel and not just noticing that there's a strong correlation with older medical equipment, certain kinds of poverty, and smoking, so it's just assuming a shitty xray is cancer.

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 days ago

Also your radiologists who use it can become deskilled because they rely too much on the AI, which can cause problems over time

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

My favourite go-to example is the DARPA gun that learnt overcast day = hidden tank

https://gwern.net/tank

(Though I'm arguing against myself because the above link says it's an unsourced, possibly overblown urban legend, idrc)