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Re:Autism, Through the Eyes of a Computer by crtified on Sunday February 04, 2024 @04:37PM (#39254749)
Presumably, some combination of measurable signals (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, perspiration, certain movements, muscle tenseness, ....) could do the same thing, regardless of whether autism were present or not.

Patient cooperation may be a factor - or, "those durned prisoners keep taking their sensors off". And then when we take the next logical step - surgical implants - it does indeed start to feel a tad Minority Reporty.

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Re:Autism, Through the Eyes of a Computer by mistermann on Sunday February 04, 2024 @05:48PM (#39255324)
Exactly....considering the relative harm each causes, I think we'd get a lot more bang for our buck studying neurotypicals like this than autists....and presumably if it was successful, we could then uses the subsequent savings from efficiencies/harm to improve the lives of the autists.
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Re:Autism, Through the Eyes of a Computer by gamepsys on Sunday February 04, 2024 @05:09PM (#39255035)
Just wait until optical sensors can collect enough data to make the same predictions.
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