Biomedical Machine Learning is facing a benchmarking crisis like trying to win a race without a finish line! Let's set the standards & pave the way for breakthroughs
#AI #Healthcare #ML @northeasternu.bsky.social @neildegrassetyson.com
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Funny that MYCIN, the pioneering medical AI from the 1970s was able to diagnose blood infections better than human doctors, but MYCIN was never used in real hospitals — because it didn’t have a medical license!
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Here's a funny quote by the British economist Ronald Coase – "If you torture the data long enough, it will confess"

I am sure Ronald did not mean "under duress ?"
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#sciencecommunication #SciencePerspective @cbsnews.com

Finally, a humble but inspiring quote on aging :

"Science is showing that while chronological aging is inevitable, biological aging is malleable. There's a part of it that you can fight, and we are getting closer and closer to winning that fight" – Eric Verdin, CEO, @buckinstitute.org
#aging

Cancer cells stop our immune police by shutting down immune cells' powerhouses, nature.com/articles/d41... @Experiential_AI
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I wonder how many drug molecules "hallucinated" by AI can ever be made in the lab ?
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@neildegrassetyson.com Book contracted !Reading your books inspired me to write a book and, it's been contracted by one of the publishing houses that you've published in ! Sending gratitude from Seattle...

Those stricken by cancer and those who survived it, deserve to live as long and as well as anyone else...Data and AI can help :
www.frontiersin.org/journals/onc...

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Those into supplements,omega-3 & vitamin D3 may be slowing down one measure of aging.Omega-3 does come with a tiny cancer warning and, we need more evidence, beyond DNAm aging clocks
fortune.com/well/article...
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Do you want to pull a quick one on your doctor ? On your next clinic check-up, ask how many of the 1000-odd FDA approved AI-embedded medical devices he or she is aware of:
www.fda.gov/medical-devi...
#AI #Medicine
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"It’s right that you should do all the work and burn all the mid-night oil, because the guy with the cigar and the little wings has got a bag of magic. There’s stuff in there that can change your life. Believe me, I know"
Incredible writing ! It's changing mine, sir :-)

A spoonful of sugar,er, plastic, helps the cognition go down...
#wellness #brainhealth

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