5/15/2026 at 4:48:23 AM
by jlengelbrecht
5/15/2026 at 9:47:20 AM
The risk to benefits ratio of introducing a language model to interpret so clear signals is nowhere near justified.Monitoring and analytics is important, but it is a solved problem. A language model will only be able to hallucinate about the relationship between meals and glycemic response. At best it does no harm, at worst it can directly misinform.
by mhovd
5/15/2026 at 9:51:01 AM
I'm a T1D and tbh it's not that hard to manage, I just wouldn't need that. But for kids or the elderly, I see a use case.The hardest to learn was that an unhealthy lifestyle resulted in a diabetes that was harder to manage. Too much carbs, not enough exercise, etc. After adjusting my lifestyle, it became quite easy.
The most pain, in my experience, comes from the discrepancy between the CGM - measured value and the prick-test value, even when accounting for time lag. I've used several CGMs and they've all been wildly off sometimes. I have a few T1D acquaintances who relied on their CGM alone and have significantly improved their HbA1c after accounting for that.
Maybe that information is useful to you.
by tornadofart
5/15/2026 at 9:16:29 AM
I'm a T1D who has an insulin pump looping with AndroidAPS and NightScout, what does this give you that Nightscout and Autotune doesn't give you?And how do you deal with AI hallucinations?
by surgicalcoder
5/15/2026 at 9:51:05 AM
What’s the limit on badges in a READMEby foo-bar-baz529
5/15/2026 at 9:38:03 AM
"This will all end in tears, I just know it"Marvin
by axegon_
5/15/2026 at 9:26:30 AM
This is THE ONE domain where you would want to use classical machine learning and not unreliable LLMs. Unless you want to kill yourself, that is.by xyzal
5/15/2026 at 9:32:37 AM
Yes, language has nothing to do with it and is complete overkill.Probably something like SVM for warnings.
Unless the whole purpose is just daily reports.
by stingraycharles
5/15/2026 at 8:48:11 AM
The alerts system and sharing with caregivers is a solved problem already (e.g. Dexcom's Follow, Abbot's LibreLinkUp).Do you find the analytics actually helps? I.e. a lot of this will depend on what you ate and whether or not you logged it?
by fnands