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tante (tante@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Sep-2018 19:28:56 JST tante

Same story again. Most AI med-tech assumes whiteness and maleness as default. That's not the future we were promised.
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"If the algorithm is basing most of its knowledge on how skin lesions appear on fair skin, then theoretically, lesions on patients of color are less likely to be diagnosed." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/machine-learning-dermatology-skin-color/567619/
https://twitter.com/hypervisible/status/1036324621509963777
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1. AI-Driven Dermatology Could Leave Dark-Skinned Patients Behind
  
  from The Atlantic
  
  Machine learning has the potential to save thousands of people from skin cancer each year—while putting others at greater risk.
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  By chris g from Twitter
  
  "If the algorithm is basing most of its knowledge on how skin lesions appear on fair skin, then theoretically, lesions on patients of color are less likely to be diagnosed." https://t.co/ioWxCBSGAe
  — chris g (@hypervisible) September 2, 2018
- Trolli Schmittlauch ???? repeated this.

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