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Re:AI Explorables: big ideas in machine learning, simply exp... by nightski on Monday July 05, 2021 @10:06PM (#27743574)
I'm surprised to see your comment down-voted. I think that you precisely summarized the problem. Applying population statistics to individuals is problematic.

However to expand on that I think it is primarily a problem with point statistics. If a Bayesian philosophy was followed, it's about looking at the plausibility of the entire space and realizing an individual can fall anywhere with a non-zero plausibility (or even in some cases an individual can even fall into an area of 0 plausibility given that it is a model and not reality).

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Re:AI Explorables: big ideas in machine learning, simply exp... by biasedbrain on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:16AM (#27745107)
Applying statistics to individuals is not automatically bad. You may be interested if "your group" has inflated risks for certain cancers, for example.
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