Interesting report on the BBC News web site, covering a presentation given at last month's meeting of the AAAS about how the (mis)use of machine learning is contributing to the “reproducibility crisis” in science:
AAAS: Machine learning 'causing science crisis'
By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, BBC News, Washington
Techniques used by thousands of scientists to analyse data are producing results that are misleading and often completely wrong.
Dr Genevera Allen from Rice University in Houston said that the increased use of such systems was contributing to a “crisis in science”.
She warned scientists that if they didn’t improve their techniques they would be wasting both time and money. Her research was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington.
Read the full story:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47267081
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