Just like real doctors ๐
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2025
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It's funny that anybody would expect models trained on information from current doctors to not have the same blind spots.
Bias training data = bias LLM. Who knew?
Garbage in, garbage out.
Especially when you shove it into a garbage maker.
Imagine, a hallucination engine mostly developed by white men and trained on data gathered by white men failing to treat symptoms experienced by women and ethnic minorities seriously. Who would've guessed this outcome?!
Imagine a hallucination engine being developed globally by white men in China on data gathered by white men in India.
Wait...what?
Truth is that even here in the United States roughly 30% of the AI Workforce is non-male. You can hop online and look at pictures from AI Conferences from around the world and notice a high participation of non-male presenting people, sometimes approaching at least half the audience.