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Springer Nature retracts nearly 40 publications that trained neural networks on dataset containing images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism (www.thetransmitter.org)
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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

The best current treatments for autism depend on knowing as early as possible that a child needs specialized help to have the best outcomes. If there was a tool that decisively identified autistic kids and you destroyed it I would rank you as a particularly heinous monster.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    This depends on how the tool is used still. For someone seeking a diagnosis, the tool would be incredible. For someone who wants to use it to discriminate, the tool would be terrible.

    Like most tools, the tool itself isn't morally right or wrong. It's the use of the tool that is.

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