No additional coding.

You can take the code from a dog/cat classifier and use it for anything.

You only need to change the training data.

I've done enough image classification stuff that, nah. If all you care about is high level confirmation with high error rates, sure. But more complex tasks like, "Are these two documents the same?" are much, much harder and the failure modes are subtle.

I think most experts wouldn't approach this problem as an image classification problem ...

And, more importantly, I don't think you'll see good results either from a vibe-coded solution.

So I don't think your comment makes sense here.

> I think most experts wouldn't approach this problem as an image classification problem ...

Indeed. It is first and foremost a statistics and net patient outcomes problem.

The image classification bit - to the best of the current algorithms abilities - is essentially a solved problem (even if it isn't quite that simple), and when better models become available you plug those in instead. There is no innovation there.

The hard part is the rest of it. And without a good grounding in medical ethics and statistics that's going to be very difficult to get right.

It's a problem that has many image classification components to it.

"Vibe coding" does a surprisingly good job at this problem.

Yes it does. :)

Maybe but you have broadened the scope from a simple image classification problem to a pipeline of multiple image classifications steps.

Friend, we're talking about classifying skin cancer. The topic is already quite broad.

I think it is a pointless discussion because at some level we are both right.

I'm not going to argue with the idea that a pre-made classifier can be improved upon by experts.

But pre-made classifiers exist and are useful for a very large variety of tasks. This was the original point.

> No additional coding.

> You can take the code from

https://xkcd.com/2501/

More seriously, for most non-programmers, even typing into a console is "coding."

I am a "noncoder" because of a number of reasons. My best friend is a "coder" and still starts instructions with "It's easy! Just open the terminal...".

Unfortunately, I do advanced knowledge work, and the tools I need technically often exist...if you're a coder.

Coding is not that accessible. The intermediary mental models and path to experience required to understand a coding task are not available to the average person.