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@alviebarr

Your favourite dog from #MedTwitter, now on #MedSky 🐾

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πŸ˜‚ aren’t we all :)

12.01.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If AI platforms can avoid FDA oversight if they are β€œsimply providing information”, why can’t physicians sidestep liability by just β€œsimply providing information” ??

11.01.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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If AI platforms can avoid FDA oversight if they are β€œsimply providing information”, why can’t physicians sidestep liability by just β€œsimply providing information” ??

11.01.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Years y’all

01.01.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interesting to see where citations come from...

and even more interesting once they introduce ads...

10.12.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interesting to see where citations come from...

and even more interesting once they introduce ads...

10.12.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah yes all the private jets arriving on schedule for their annual climate conference…

09.11.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah yes all the private jets arriving on schedule for their annual climate conference…

09.11.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m still not liking the price… πŸ™ƒ

02.11.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?

01.11.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?

01.11.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans

Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166

28.10.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans

Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166

28.10.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...

23.10.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...

23.10.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

16.10.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

16.10.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

08.10.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

08.10.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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USMLE βœ…, brain diagrams... ❌

My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?

29.08.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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USMLE βœ…, brain diagrams... ❌

My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?

29.08.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor

26.08.2025 00:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor

26.08.2025 00:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

21.08.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

21.08.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

17.08.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

17.08.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!

09.08.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!

09.08.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0