Wondered at first where the ethical questions were coming from. Access to advanced methods? No, it seems privacy was once again involved.
Researchers examine the ethical implications of AI in surgical settings
Kyle Wiggers
A new whitepaper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.14302.pdf coauthored by researchers at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence examines the ethics of AI in surgery, making the case that surgery and AI carry similar expectations but diverge with respect to ethical understanding. Surgeons are faced with moral and ethical dilemmas as a matter of course, the paper points out, whereas ethical frameworks in AI have arguably only begun to take shape.
In surgery, AI applications are largely confined to machines performing tasks controlled entirely by surgeons. AI might also be used in a clinical decision support system, and in these circumstances, the burden of responsibility falls on the human designers of the machine or AI system, the coauthors argue. .... "
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