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Tracey Spicer AM GAICD retweeted
Wrong AI advice can damage doctors’ judgment more than correct advice improves it.
That is the disturbing finding in this new analysis of 16,641 clinical decisions.
The authors examined doctors interpreting MRI scans, ECGs, X-rays and endoscopy videos. Doctors first assessed each case independently, then saw AI support and could revise their judgment.
The results are striking:
When AI was correct, doctors’ accuracy increased by 5.8 percentage points.
This is good. But look at what happened when AI advice was wrong:
Doctors’ accuracy decreased by 7.6 percentage points.
The decline was a third larger than the gain.
To be clear: overall accuracy still improved, from 76.5% to 79.7%.
This because AI was correct about 81% of the time.
But it’s worrying that doctors sometimes abandoned a correct judgment after seeing incorrect AI advice.
This is one more proof that we need to develop and test methods that help users to distinguish advice worth following from advice worth rejecting.
AI advice can be useful.
Knowing when to reject it is part of using it well.
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Tracey Spicer AM GAICD retweeted
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in surprise victory for party bbc.in/4iTEudR
Tracey Spicer AM GAICD retweeted
At one of America's most sacred shrines, a soldier admonishes a group including Pete Hegseth for audibly laughing. Extraordinary footage.
Delighted about matching the funky decor, but not sure about the Nosferatu shadow cast in the banner!
Seriously, we had important discussions today about misinformation/disinformation.
Librarians lead the way in the move towards critical thinking.
This will save humanity.
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I endorse both civil and criminal penalties for AI safety breaches.
But it would be good to see more action on issues of bias and inequity, as well.
abc.net.au/news/2026-11-11/a…
#MANMADE #AIbias #ArtificialIntelligence
Tracey Spicer AM GAICD retweeted
This. Is. Some. Story. 🍿
wired.com/story/nvidia-ceo-j…
Every word of this is correct.
Big welcome news today on AI safety - Govt has announced an AI Safety Regulator and new safety requirements for platforms - critical incident reporting, safety testing, independent evaluation - all the things I’ve been pushing for since May. Now we need 10x funding for AISI so it can do its expanding job. #auspol
Finally.
BREAKING: Comedian Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. apnews.com/article/russell-b…
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He's so articulate. Direct, cut-through messaging.
I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.
(clip via @DropSiteNews)
Tracey Spicer AM GAICD retweeted
Silenced.
Just when you thought the Russell Brand saga couldn’t get any worse:
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/…
I love it when the founder of the Ethnic Business Awards, Joseph Assaf, describes multiculturalism as an orchestra. All of the instruments coming together in harmony.
"People should not be expected to abandoned their culture."
facebook.com/EthnicBusinessA…
Journalist friends, it's worth tuning in to the live FB feed of the Ethnic Business Awards now, as the PM and Opposition Leader will be speaking.
Immigration is a big topic, and these awards - going for 37 years - bring all sides together.
facebook.com/EthnicBusinessA…
Tracey Spicer AM GAICD retweeted
It's one thing for AI models to ingest your written work without permission. Another is when this is done with your brain waves.
@ScienceMagazine, by @jonathan_moens
science.org/content/article/…
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
They used to say that patriotism was the last refuge of a scoundrel, but in Brand’s case it was Christianity.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-06/r… via @ABCaustralia
Did not have this on my bingo card, as a grey-haired 59-year-old journo.
It always makes me shake my head when I see so many men who are AI experts on the stage and screen, when there are plenty of wonderful women. Proud to be in such stellar company.
#MANMADE #AIbias #WomeninAI
This is disgraceful.
(Gift article.)
smh.com.au/national/nsw/outr…
