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Medical AI named “Zach” was just a father and son with no medical experience (thespinoff.co.nz)
8 points by teruakohatu on Jan 24, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


This was a mechanical turk at its finest.

The journalist's original investigation started back in 2018 and it has taken about 18 months for the authorities to investigate and shut them down.

The AI was used among other things to interpret ECG results. They pair claimed they had a $500 million super computer that nobody ever saw.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-best-of/31-12-2018/summer-reiss...


It would be funny if they were analyzing CAT scans and MRIs and outperformed radiologists simply by being more specialized and training on huge datasets.




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