> "It's a failure that highlights the danger of relying on big data technologies"
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25217-google-flu-trends-gets-it-wrong-three-years-running.html#.UzFIQah_ua8 …
"Google's much-hyped flu tracker has consistently overestimated flu cases in the US for years." >There's a shocker... http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25217-google-flu-trends-gets-it-wrong-three-years-running.html#.UzFIQah_ua8 …
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>"Study is an important insight into immense power that analysis of large data sets has afforded tech co.s – & why that power is dangerous."
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@C7RKY I like his term "Algorithmic accountability". Now, if a pharma co had come up with this would they have used it to sell more vaccine? -
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@C7RKY Which led the pharma company to twice as many sales. So, any big data study with real world costs / consequences needs scrutiny. -
@arcjn1 Totally agree. Commercial benefit & pt benefit are mutually exclusive concepts, (with overlap), for me. Pt benefit shd take priority
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