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“our algorithm could distinguish the retinal images of a smoker from that of a non-smoker 71% of the time.” Wonder if smoking would decrease if people could se
by melling 9y ago
“our algorithm could distinguish the retinal images of a smoker from that of a non-smoker 71% of the time.”
Wonder if smoking would decrease if people could see the change over time
- nicklaf 9y agoI seriously doubt that, just reflecting on how smokers so often remain unswayed¹ even by far more brutal prognostications about the habit's effect on their longevity. ¹well, unswayed about actually quitting now
- mxschumacher 9y agocertainly interesting info for health insurance firms
- dEnigma 9y agoPeople who still smoke nowadays aren't even deterred by the very graphic images of internal organs affected by smoking-related diseases that are printed on cigarette packs in many countries (next to very clear wording that smoking will harm you and people around you). So I doubt that this would make much of a difference in that regard.
- moreless 9y agoProbably not. They already know the outcomes and don't seem to care. However 71% seems like a very low number... Does that mean that in 7 out of 10 cases the system guesses correctly if the patient is smoker or not? That's not really impressive IMHO. What am I missing?