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		rscho on Sept 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%,... Why 'balking hard'? Just saying that this is trivial use of statistics, but for once it's intelligent use. Still, if the false positive rate is too high, the effect won't last long.

taeric on Sept 18, 2024 [–]

Apologies, I thought you were the GP.

I took your tone to be a bit of push back on this being a good use of compute.

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