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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Btw, my dentist used AI to identify potential problems in a radiograph. The result was pretty impressive. Have to get a filling tho.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Much easier to assume the training data isn't garbage when the AI expert system only has a narrow scope, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Sure. And the expert interpretes still. But the result was exact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, machine learning actually has a ton of very useful applications in things. It’s just predictably the dumbest and most toxic manifestations of it are hyped up in a capitalist system.