Comment on AI used for skin cancer checks at London hospitalparentComments−TylerE1yNo, that’s backwards. It means what it says. When you see a symptom first look for the common things it could be, not the one in a million chance.−jxjnskkzxxhx1yWe have a formal description of this, it's called bayes theorem.The Jordanian doctors just had poor priors.−QuarterReptile1yIn this particular case, "when you see stripes with hoofbeats, think zebra, not horse with a paintjob"
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No, that’s backwards. It means what it says. When you see a symptom first look for the common things it could be, not the one in a million chance.
We have a formal description of this, it's called bayes theorem.
The Jordanian doctors just had poor priors.
In this particular case, "when you see stripes with hoofbeats, think zebra, not horse with a paintjob"