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Re:AI models that predict disease are not as accurate as rep... by bsder on Friday October 21, 2022 @09:50PM (#33294934)
> We humans are incredibly good at elimination of factors & differential diagnosis.

I don't automatically buy this.

Didn't heart attack care in the ER get dramatically better when people started following checklists? That suggests that human doctors aren't that great at even getting the basics correct.

In addition, most doctors are below average. So, maybe the best doctors are better than the AI. However, I may not have access to that doctor and the AI may be better than all the doctors I have access to.

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Re:AI models that predict disease are not as accurate as rep... by hef19898 on Saturday October 22, 2022 @05:18AM (#33296727)
Using check lists means stabdardization, and that makes results compareable and reduces the risk of forgetting something under stress. Check lists have nothing to do with ML or AI so.
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Re:AI models that predict disease are not as accurate as rep... by bsder on Saturday October 22, 2022 @08:31PM (#33303457)
It wasn't just "forgetting". Every doctor had their own take on diagnosis and the checklist was actually better than a lot of them since the checklist was constructed from data.
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