3 pointsby perihelions6 hours ago1 comment
  • Terr_5 hours ago
    > Researchers cautioned that more real-world data was needed to show whether the tool could detect enough early-stage cases to outweigh the risks of false positives and unnecessary testing.

    Yep, as always, the devil is in the [false|true]-[positive|negative] rate details. These are often downplayed in order to have an attention-grabbing headline.

    To illustrate, consider that the following algorithm has a 100% success rate at finding deadly tumors that doctors might miss:

        has_tumor(scan): return True