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		siftrics on Nov 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New AI System Predicts Seizures "A false positive rate of 0.004 per hour" is a sly way of putting "a false positive once every 10 days."

freeflight on Nov 16, 2019 [–]

That's 3 false positives in a month, depending on how many seizures a patient suffers from, this might actually not that bad. Afaik a false positive doesn't have any direct consequences except "be careful and keep medication ready"?

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