Can AI predict autism with 96% accuracy?
Richard Taylor,
mediataylor,
Feb 07, 2022
So the answer to the question is, of course, "no". But still, British educational technology company Century Tech's claim that "AI can also predict with 96 percent accuracy whether a child is autistic by assessing how they tap the iPad screen" was repeated in the The Times newspaper's supplement titled 'Learning for the future: Interim Report' by The Times Education Commission. The report itself is behind a subscription fee barrier, so I'm trusting Richard Taylor that they actually said this. And as he says, "diagnosing ASD is medically complex and when you claim that a proprietary AI technology product can predict ASD with 96% accuracy, verifiable evidence is required." No such evidence is forthcoming, and I doubt that it ever will be.
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