Would you trust medical advice generated by artificial intelligence? It’s a question raised by more headlines this week proclaiming that AI can diagnose a range of ailments. The implication is often that they are better, faster and cheaper than medical professionals.
But many of these technologies have known problems. They’re trained on limited or biased data, and often don’t work as well for women and people of color as they do for white men.
And there is another issue. As these technologies begin to infiltrate healthcare, researchers say we’re seeing an increase in what’s known as AI paternalism. The fear is that doctors may be inclined to trust AI at the expense of the patient’s lived experiences as well as their own clinical judgment. Read the whole story.
—Jessica Hamzelou
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