Research: machine learning techniques today are designed to find patterns and always make a prediction, making a lot of ML-based scientific research unreliable (Clive Cookson/Financial Times)

Clive Cookson / Financial Times:
Research: machine learning techniques today are designed to find patterns and always make a prediction, making a lot of ML-based scientific research unreliable  —  Artificial intelligence is being applied with undue haste to analyse data in some areas of biomedical research …

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