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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by colechristensen on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:50PM (#28395846)
What seems to be coming up repeatedly is that machine learning techniques are pretty good at being almost adequate replacements for recognition problems. Able to catch blunders but also missing at a rate high enough that you need the expert human anyway. In reality just replacing human kinds of error with machine kinds of error.

Automation though can also make experts stupid depriving them of the practice to keep skills sharp.

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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by 256lie on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:54PM (#28396581)
It's known as automation bias and a problem in pilots as well as doctors. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7651899/
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Re:Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in brea... by randcraw on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:40PM (#28396425)
That's why most uses of AI in medicine that I've seen have focused on performing a sanity check on the physician (e.g. checking a new prescription for contraindications like conflicting meds or maladies). Medical insurance companies have embraced this practice for obvious economic reasons.
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