$3 million machine learning prize

Re:$3 million machine learning prize by chaosmachine on Friday January 28, 2011 @09:37PM (#2154455)

"The winning algorithm will be able to predict patients at risk for an unplanned hospital admission with a high rate of accuracy."

Algorithm says no insurance for you.

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Re:$3 million machine learning prize by dkarl on Friday January 28, 2011 @11:12PM (#2154586)

Yeah, can they anonymize my entry and my prize? I don't think I'd want my friends and family knowing I helped these guys out.

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Re:$3 million machine learning prize by earl on Saturday January 29, 2011 @02:43AM (#2154994)

Thankfully, the US passed the recent national health care law which, I believe, bans such discrimination as of 2014 and brings us that much closer to being a civilized country.

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Re:$3 million machine learning prize by ylem on Saturday January 29, 2011 @08:14AM (#2155342)

However, the lawsuit by the states (for example Virginia) is to have the statue about individuals being required to purchase healthcare declared unconstitutional. They will then use this to argue that the whole law unconstitutional if they win (no severance clause in the law). I heard this on NPR last night in an interview with the attorney general of virginia about their strategy....

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