Clent comments on CEO of America’s largest public hospital system says he’s ready to replace radiologists with AI

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

if the test comes back negative, it’s wrong only about 3 times out of 10,000,”

This is a hard one. While this could lead to an increase in the frequency of body scans, it's being said by a healthcare ceo so I kind of need him to play a game a Luigi's Mansion before I can listen to him.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

if the test comes back negative, it’s wrong only about 3 times out of 10,000,”

So there-in lies the problem, which is that things like cancer, are already rare. Say there are 6 real instances of cancer in 10,000. Say the system says 20 are cancer, 3 actually are, and it missed 3. That means it was only positively correct at a rate of 50%, even though its overall accuracy is well over 99%

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