False Positives Concerns

The cluster focuses on discussions about the risks, rates, costs, and acceptability of false positives in detection systems, with debates on their impact versus false negatives.

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bonzoT Jan 23, 2015 View on HN

as others have said, false positives are the big issue. do you have any stats on the number of false positives detected?

jroseattle Jun 10, 2013 View on HN

Makes me think of the ramifications of false positives.

andy_ppp May 4, 2019 View on HN

The potential for false positives here seems astronomical...

PavlovsCat Jul 18, 2013 View on HN

The false positives are kind of the point.

bananapub Jul 27, 2021 View on HN

what suggests to you that there is any notable number of false positives?

mixedbit Aug 26, 2016 View on HN

I don't think that false positives disqualify such approach.

throwawaaarrgh Feb 13, 2024 View on HN

You'd get quite a few false positives

tomohawk Apr 21, 2020 View on HN

Any idea what the false positive / false negative rate is?

_def Sep 7, 2020 View on HN

I guess it's better to have false positives than false negatives in this particular context.

Istof May 19, 2014 View on HN

the rate of false positives is very important