Health Expert Labels Midjourney Claims Misleading And Unevidenced

This is like saying "the medical cartel will try to stop 23andme" 20 years ago. But what is even "the medical cartel?" Medicine adopts new technologies at a relatively slow pace compared with other industries. All the medical imaging modalities were once new technology that doctors didn't understand and were reluctant to incorporate.

The challenge for Midjourney is whether they can manage to make it useful medically. If they do, it will eventually be used by doctors.

@Jrolz1 All things start small, and this is exactly how it should happen. Some have the vision, others not so much.

@slatestarcodex No difference in principle *except the massively different economics*. I have no doubt the doctor cartel *could* lock it down in professional mystique as much as the MRI, but its potential to be as accessible as a photo booth or tanning bed is what makes it different.

@venkmurthy Please elaborate!

@slatestarcodex @wolftivy We've done versions of this with mammograms and ovarian cancer, and it just didn't have much benefit.

There's an interesting discussion to be had here, even if the initial reactions are slop. That's okay, it doesn't matter much until the technology matures. Give it 5 years

@slatestarcodex @wolftivy yep, and i think everyone’s getting caught up in what a “diagnostic” whole body UT could potentially do one day vs what can be done today (non-diagnostic body composition scans just like DEXA). they could’ve done better to get this distinction right -

@wolftivy @slatestarcodex You need good sensors for good imaging, which are $$$. No amount of AI enhancement will replace a more accurate sensor, it can only get the most out of what it has. If you use bad sensors and extrapolate in a medical setting and turn out wrong, you are in a world of trouble.

@Jrolz1 Saying things like "A great pitch and a great product are not the same thing." makes you sound patronizing. I don't think you meant to be, but it's sort of off-putting because no shit, sherlock. Why are you treating your readers like idiots?

@slatestarcodex @wolftivy Is this also conspiracyslop? And if not, is it at least forgivable that people indulge in conspiracyslop given the context?

https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-u-s-has-much-to-gain-from-more-doctors/

IMO - the real importance of things like this is not the specific technology, its the fact that it breaks existing paradigms of what is possible and inspires others to push harder into real world engineering. This same effect happened during the space race with the Soviets and inspired many, including my own father, to pursue big things.

The US in particular has suffered for decades with de-industrialization policy and offshoring real engineering to China, India, etc... If this pushes a few thousand smart kids to skip out of finance and go into hard engineering to push the limits of what is possible I am all for it.

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@Jrolz1 Nope. Butterfly network is not assembling the sensor.

@Jrolz1 You’re looking at the current horses. We are betting on the jockey, @DavidSHolz. The dude is a generational talent.

@Jrolz1 nice no one asked and we didn’t need it translated

@Jrolz1 you jews are really mad that the goyim can detect cancer earlier lmfaooooo

@andupoto @Jrolz1 Cool, assess the validity

@dbasch @slatestarcodex @wolftivy But the medical cartel did (through regulators) effectively shut down (medical usage of) 23andMe?