8crazyideas

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Show HN: The Two by Two Truth Diagram(kmrjohnson55.github.io)
5 points by 8crazyideas 6mo ago|0 comments
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by 8crazyideas 7mo ago
Sorry, but the test hasn't been shown to be 94.5% accurate. The study was structured as: 1. neurologist makes clinical diagnosis using usual tools and records most likely diagnosis and their confidence in it 2. new p-tau test is done.
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by 8crazyideas 8mo ago
paywalled
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by 8crazyideas 2y ago
Also, as far as hallucinations go, no symbolic representation of a set of concepts can distinguish reality from fantasy. Disconnect a human from their senses and they will hallucinate too. For progress in this, the LLM will have to be conne
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by 8crazyideas 2y ago
I've seen this idea that "LLMs are just guessing the next token" repeated everywhere. It is true that accuracy in that task is what the training algorithms aim at. That is not however, what the output of the model represents
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by 8crazyideas 3y ago
I just bought a MacBook Pro with the M3 Max chip and installed MATLAB R2023b. Sonoma 14.3 is in place. As a requirement, I had to also install Corretto 8. MathWorks only supports the Java 8 JRE included with Amazon Corretto 8. I am already
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by 8crazyideas 3y ago
This post resonates with me as a radiologist with 40 years experience, and a son who founded and runs his own company centered around machine learning, and now, LLMs. I frequently hear about how "AI" is going to replace radiologis
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The Immaterial World: Why Materialism Is an Incomplete Picture of Reality(anordinarydoctor.substack.com)
3 points by 8crazyideas 3y ago|1 comments
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by 8crazyideas 3y ago
Throughout my education, I was told that the natural world is a collection of molecules mediated by physical forces. Adherents to this “materialist” view may acknowledge that some dimensions of reality remain hidden, but the governing idea
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by 8crazyideas 3y ago
This essay explores Charles Sanders Peirce's four methods of moving from doubt to belief, as applied to medicine, and how being "pleasing to reason" sometimes trumps empirical evidence.
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by 8crazyideas 3y ago
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by 8crazyideas 3y ago
I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I looked up the UpToDate information on current treatments and would be happy to send a copy to you. Let me know, you can find my email in my user profile. Also, you should be aware of the clinicaltr
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Sensitivity, Specificity and All That: Understanding Diagnostic Test Performance(anordinarydoctor.substack.com)
1 points by 8crazyideas 3y ago|1 comments
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Will Artifical Intelligence Replace Radiologists?(anordinarydoctor.substack.com)
2 points by 8crazyideas 3y ago|2 comments
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by 8crazyideas 3y ago
I read that last one, on "Telautomatics". He mentions his attempt to interest auto manufacturers in a self-driving car. But he also describes some kind of odd flying machine that doesn't use wings or propellers etc, relying p
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by 8crazyideas 4y ago
When my son was 19, he insisted on taking a solo trip to New Zealand. As it happens, he hiked around and worked on farms and generally had a great experience. But naturally at the time I was concerned that he have a safe trip and a good exp
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by 8crazyideas 4y ago
I'm happy to hear about your spouse. I actually published a case report that included observations about the importance of brand. One of the capsules tested didn't dissolve until the ph reached 9, clearly not physiologic. ANI, Lup
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by 8crazyideas 4y ago
Thank you and I wish you the best. There is a lot of exciting research being done on IBD, especially on the gut microbiome. I am optimistic that the coming years will bring significant advances in treatment.
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by 8crazyideas 4y ago
It is frightening for patients who are already on vancomycin, and makes it harder for new patients to try it. The AASLD wants to see randomized controlled trial data; there have in fact already been two small such trials, but obviously not
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Oral vancomcyin for primary sclerosing cholangitis(thecomicalcolon.com)
10 points by 8crazyideas 4y ago|8 comments
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by 8crazyideas 4y ago
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a serious rare disease for which there is no recognized effective treatment. Oral vancomycin has shown substantial promise, but the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease is just about to issue