Midjourney AI pivots to Theranos: Ultrasonic CT

4 months ago by David Gerard to c/techtakes

Midjourney is an AI image generator and copyright violation machine. What’s the weirdest and dumbest business pivot an image generator company could possibly make? Yesterday, Midjourney CEO David H…

golden light and dolphins

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JoMiran 4 points 4 months ago

I get a whole body CT scan MRI every 24 months. It's, IMHO, a wonderful preventative medicine procedure. Bullshit like what Midjourney is doing will make people doubt the benefits of actual medical grade scans. Worse, some might forgo a real scan because they "already did the dolphin golden light scan which is the same thing".

EDIT: I mistakenly wrote CT scan when what I meant was MRI.

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schnoopy 11 points 4 months ago

You... irradiate the shit out of your body every 24 months? Are you nuts? At that frequency you're doubling or trippling your typical radiation dose.

Have you read at all about the risks of overdiagnosis and exploratory surgery on benign tumours?

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JoMiran 5 points 4 months ago

I do not. I mistakenly wrote CT scan when what I meant to write is MRI.

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YourNetworkIsHaunted 3 points 4 months ago

That's better but I think the overdiagnosis and overtreatment risks still apply. Also: shit, your insurance covers that?

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AlfalFaFail 5 points 4 months ago

These are low dose CT scans. Their utility, however, isnt yet supported by any evidence. For most cases you'll want to be either symptomatic or at least a high risk population like a former smoker.

https://www.fda.gov/...

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schnoopy 2 points 4 months ago

Fairynough. Although the OP actually gets MRIs.

Generally it seems, from what I've read, full body scans in otherwise healthy people are of marginal benefit and generally result in rich people placing unnecessary burden on the medical system checking out trivial things.

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