

In 51.6% of cases where someone needed to go to the hospital immediately, the platform said stay home or book a routine medical appointment
So it performs slightly worse than a coin flip…
In one of the simulations, eight times out of 10 (84%), the platform sent a suffocating woman to a future appointment she would not live to see
Holy shit! That’s a lot worse than a coin flip.
Meanwhile, 64.8% of completely safe individuals were told to seek immediate medical care
And there are real people out there that actually trust this tech to make real decisions for them. It literally performs significantly worse than a coin flip both with regards to false positives and false negatives. You are literally better off flipping a coin or throwing a dice than asking this thing what to do.
Even with steel pipes you get problems with hydrogen embrittlement because hydrogen diffuses into the steel and can cause it to crack.