North Carolina State University: New Technique Overcomes Spurious Correlations Problem in AI. “AI models often rely on ‘spurious correlations,’ making decisions based on unimportant and potentially misleading information. Researchers have now discovered these learned spurious correlations can be traced to a very small subset of the training data and have demonstrated a technique that […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/08/north-carolina-state-university-new-technique-overcomes-spurious-correlations-problem-in-ai/

A tragic example of #spuriouscorrelations: "The misconception appears to stem from the fact the death rate in ICUs has fallen at the same time as doctors have reduced their use of ventilators..."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/31/uk-covid-patients-are-dying-needlessly-due-to-unfounded-fears-about-ventilators

@holger @Dankeschoen

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Vielleicht besteht auch ein Zusammenhang zu leeren Klopapierregalen und geringen Ansteckungszahlen
#spuriouscorrelations

http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

Im Übrigen denke ich, dass Bildzeitungsleser stärker sozial geächtet werden sollten.