AI is discriminating against patients, advice to the poor – do not get MRI and CT Scan done Artificial Intelligence has also started differentiating between the rich and the poor, this surprising fact has come to light through a recent study. Researchers found in the study that AI is discriminating between patients, suggesting different treatments for the same disease, let’s know what surprising things have come to light in the study.
Ever since AI has come, dependence on AI has increased in most sectors, but can we trust artificial intelligence completely and blindly? This is a big question. Recently, researchers have warned how AI is discriminating between patients. Researchers found in a study that artificial intelligence models recommend different treatments for the same medical condition depending on the social and economic status of the patient.
Are you shocked, but this is true. AI is prescribing different treatments to different patients with the same disease. Researchers reported in Nature Medicine that despite the same health problem, the AI model sometimes changes the decision based on the individual characteristics of the patients, affecting the priority of care, diagnostic testing, treatment approach and mental health assessment.
The poor are not being advised to do testing For example, AI may recommend advanced diagnostic tests like CT scans or MRIs only to high-income patients, while advising low-income patients not to undergo testing.
The power to revolutionise AI The researchers found that these problems were observed in both proprietary and open-source AI models. Study co-leader Dr. Girish Nadkarni of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York said, AI has the power to revolutionize healthcare, but only if it is developed and used responsibly.
“By identifying where these AI models may discriminate, we must work to refine the design of AI models, strengthen oversight, and build systems that ensure patients are safe,” said co-author Dr. Eyal Klang, also from the Icahn School.