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I can think of some reasons why this might be a problem, but the article doesn't seem to make a strong case? Without extrapolating a bit with my imagination, th
by wheybags 5y ago
I can think of some reasons why this might be a problem, but the article doesn't seem to make a strong case? Without extrapolating a bit with my imagination, the only conclusion I can draw is "medical ai considers race in it's diagnosis, and it is neither a good nor a bad thing". They seem to leave it as a given that it's bad, but tbh as a layman I could imagine arguments both ways[1]. An article from a professional like this one is where I would expect to find them, along with a summary that effectively "picks a side", with a justification for picking that side.
1: Eg: using race as a clue that some reading might indicate a disease common in that race could be good, on the other side there might be some very expensive scan that could throw off the diagnosis because the training data is skewed towards old white men by the sheer price of doing the scan.