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The ‘Terrorist Charity’ of Late Antiquity

When we think about early Christianity, we often imagine a group of radical believers huddled in a shadowy catacomb, communicating surreptitiously to avoid Roman persecution. In the popular imagination, somehow these tiny churches survived and spread little by little until Constantine made Christianity the state religion (for better or worse). The truth is far more Read more. The post The ‘Terrorist Charity’ of Late Antiquity appeared first on Christianity Today

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Why Medical AI Needs a Referee | Protege's Engy Ziedan

Daisy Wolf and Eva Steinman are joined by Engy Ziedan, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Protege, to discuss why medical AI has a measurement problem, and why scoring well on a benchmark doesn't necessarily mean a model is ready for the hospital. Engy explains why healthcare AI needs independent evaluations that go beyond static exams and measure how models actually perform in real-world clinical workflows. They explore the risks of subtle bias and misalignment, why the same model ca...

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Common sense in charge

…children are increasingly seen as interfering with the freedom of parents; views on whether mothers of young children should work have become markedly more progressive and account for a substantially larger share of the decline among the tertiary-educated; and fewer people believe that women or men need children to lead a fulfilled life. This last […] The post Common sense in charge appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsThis view is just as common among economists and other . by Sto...

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