Butte: Finding the right clinical question matters more than ML model accuracy
Atul Butte · a16z Podcast | Breaking Into Bio · Jan 2, 2019 · at 25:19
Dr. Atul Butte contrasts academic machine learning benchmarks with practical bio startup priorities during an a16z panel.
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“The hardest part in everything we do is figuring out what is the question to ask? What is the pain point? That you realize this is askable and answerable. This is modelable now, right? Five years ago we didn't have the data, now we do. That's way more important than the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity.”
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