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  • Google’s AI Beats Humans At Diagnosing Breast Cancer

    Google’s AI Beats Humans At Diagnosing Breast Cancer

    Google just achieved a breakthrough in its efforts to use AI for medical purposes, beating humans at diagnosing breast cancer.

    According to a blog post on the company’s site, Google worked with Deep Mind, Northwestern University, Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre and Royal Surrey County Hospital to see if AI could improve the odds of an accurate diagnoses.

    The researchers used a de-identified pool of mammograms from over 76,000 women in the U.K. and more than 15,000 women from the U.S. to help train the AI, before having it analyze another set of mammograms from 25,000 U.K. women and 3,000 U.S. women.

    “In this evaluation, our system produced a 5.7 percent reduction of false positives in the U.S, and a 1.2 percent reduction in the U.K,” according to the post. “It produced a 9.4 percent reduction in false negatives in the U.S., and a 2.7 percent reduction in the U.K.

    “We also wanted to see if the model could generalize to other healthcare systems. To do this, we trained the model only on the data from the women in the U.K. and then evaluated it on the data set from women in the U.S. In this separate experiment, there was a 3.5 percent reduction in false positives and an 8.1 percent reduction in false negatives, showing the model’s potential to generalize to new clinical settings while still performing at a higher level than experts.”

    While AI still has a long way to go before it replaces doctors, this is a significant step toward AI having a prominent role in the medical community.

  • Lego Resume: Northwestern College Student Builds Her Way to the Top

    One college student’s resume has gone viral.

    Northwestern University student Leah Bowman constructed her resume based off of Legos, which has now been seen by a number of prospective employers.

    Bowman-who majors in Communication Studies: Integrated Marketing and Anthropology-started working on her creation via the Lego Digital Designer during her spring break in hometown Johnston, Iowa.

    The 20-year-old says that since Legos were always a big part of her Danish childhood memories, she decided to use the idea as an artistic way to land a summer internship at an advertising agency.

    The model of Bowman is accompanied by a Lego-inspired graphic designed resume with the headline: “Build the Perfect Account Service Intern!”

    Her resume outlines her obvious “eye for design” and “attention to detail.”

    She has even replaced the signature Lego logo with her first name instead.

    Bowman shared how searching for a job is quite challenging when going against competition.

    She wanted to do something that would make her stand out, and it looks like she achieved just that.

    Bowman told Mashable: “I’ve applied for dozens of jobs and had a handful of interviews, but sometimes there’s just another candidate that edged you out. I know I’d be a great addition to any team, but I needed a better way to communicate that rather than just sending in a boring resume.”

    Bowman ultimately wants to work for Lego, but she told Good Morning America Friday that any job would do.

    “I just want a job that gives me unique challenges every week and gain some great experience,” she said.

    Although her resume has grabbed major attention in the corporate world, Bowman has yet to secure an internship. She is quite aware that no matter how creative her resume may appear, it doesn’t guarantee her a job.

    “It’d be silly if I expected to be offered jobs based solely on a Lego set.”

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