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opinion claim

The speaker thinks that for prediction a physician or patient would want the best-performing model, whereas a person receiving treatment might prefer a somewhat less accurate but more understandable model.

Fabian Theis · Controlling Biology - Fabian Theis, Helmholtz Munich · 6 Nov 2026

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“So it comes at a cost. So and if you're now, let's say, a physician and you just wanna... Or maybe even if you're a patient and you, you, maybe you might have cancer or not, maybe you want to have the best model as a predictor.”
“Maybe if you're getting treated, you wanna have a model that is maybe a bit less good, but you understand it a bit more. But for the prediction, at least I think you, you wanna have the best. And this is, I think, I think not, not entirely clear.”
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