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[-] earmuff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

Serious question: is there a way to get access to medical imagery as a non-student? I would love to do some machine learning with it myself, as I see lot’s of potential in image analysis in general. 5 years ago I created a model that was able to spot certain types of ships based only on satellite imagery, which were not easily detectable by eye and ignoring the fact that one human cannot scan 15k images in one hour. Similar use case with medical imagery - seeing the things that are not yet detectable by human eyes.

[-] booty@hexbear.net -1 points 1 month ago

5 years ago I created a model that was able to spot certain types of ships based only on satellite imagery, which were not easily detectable by eye and ignoring the fact that one human cannot scan 15k images in one hour.

what is your intended use case? are you trying to help government agencies perfect spying? sounds very cringe ngl

[-] earmuff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

My intended use case is to find possibilities how ML can support people with certain tasks. Science is not political, for what my technology is abused, I cannot control. This is no reason to stop science entirely, there will always be someone abusing something for their own gain.

But thanks for assuming without asking first what the context was.

[-] MaeBorowski@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

find possibilities how ML can support people with certain tasks

Marxism-Leninism? anakin-padme-2

Oh, Machine Learning. sicko-wistful

Science is not political

in an ideal world maybe, but that is not our world. In reality science is always always political. It is unavoidable.

[-] earmuff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Typical hexbear reply lol

Unfortunately, you are right, though. Science can be political. My science is not. I like my bubble.

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

that's just going through life with blinders on

[-] MaeBorowski@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Typical hexbear reply

Unfortunately, you are right

Yes, typically hexbear replies are right.

It's not unfortunate though, it's simply a matter of having an understanding of the world and a willingness to accept it and engage with it. It's too bad that you seem not to want that understanding or that you lack the willingness to accept it.

My science is not. I like my bubble.

How can you possibly square that first short sentence with the second? Are you really that willfully hypocritical? Yes, "your" science is political. No science escapes it, and the people who do science thinking themselves and their work is unaffected by their ideology are the most effected by ideology. No wonder you like your bubble - from within it, you don't have to concern yourself with any of the real world or even the smallest sliver of self reflection. But all it is is a happy, self-reinforcing delusion. You pretend to be someone who appreciates science, but if you truly did, you would be doing everything you can to recognize your unavoidable biases rather than denying them while simultaneously wallowing in them, which is what you are openly admitting to doing whether you realize it or not.

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