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Re:Scientists May Have Found Mechanism Behind Cognitive Decl... by PaulKeeble on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:33AM (#36929439)
And a condition we can induce in another animal. If we can't cause it in another animal then we can't test a drug against it. There are a lot of diseases that can make no progress under this model which we can not induce in animals or humans.
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Re:Scientists May Have Found Mechanism Behind Cognitive Decl... by patapong on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:52AM (#36929852)
Fascinating! Reminds me how machine learning as a field is often focused on tasks that can be quantitatively evaluated using large datasets. There are a lot of tasks that do not fit this model, especially interactive tasks.
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