Alvin

😂 aren’t we all :)

If AI platforms can avoid FDA oversight if they are “simply providing information”, why can’t physicians sidestep liability by just “simply providing information” ??

If AI platforms can avoid FDA oversight if they are “simply providing information”, why can’t physicians sidestep liability by just “simply providing information” ??

Happy New Years y’all

Interesting to see where citations come from...

and even more interesting once they introduce ads...

Interesting to see where citations come from...

and even more interesting once they introduce ads...

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

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

I’m still not liking the price… 🙃

So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?

So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?

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

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

What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

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

What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

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

Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…

To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???

USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌

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

USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌

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

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

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

When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:

I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

I tend to do quite well on open book tests too

You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!

You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!