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Ethical Issues Surrounding Research of AI in Health Care

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Author: Lisa Murtha, Pralika Jain, Kiyong Song; Publisher: Reuters; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) models can be flawed considering humans are the ones behind making these models. The authors highlight how important the roles of the developers are when training an algorithm. Specifically this article is exploring AI ethics in the field of healthcare. Some of the ethical concerns include…

Our Data Ethics: Measure What Matters and Don’t Be Creepy

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Author: Lauren Peate; Publisher: Multitudes; Publication Year: 2021. The following article and video discuss how when starting a new company that uses lots of user data, it is important to have a good set of principles to follow in regards to data ethics. At Multitudes, there are 5 main principles to be considered: 1). Autonomy: Customers must be in charge of what can and cannot be done with their own data; 2)…

Ethical Issues Surrounding Research of AI in Health Care

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Author: F. Lisa Murtha, Pralika Jain and Kiyong Song; Publisher: Reuters; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the controversy around artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has become a barrier to using AI to better life. Some say AI models can be flawed and effect patient safety. Models only do what we tell them, so is it entirely the AI’s fault? To further help humans lives in relation to AI, the World Health Organization released a…

Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI

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Author: N/A; Publisher: Intrepid Tech Ventures; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how when data ethical considerations comes to mind, many people go straight to ethics relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The visuals contained within the article serves as great summaries of what an ethical AI algorithm would encompass: Respect for Human Autonomy, Prevention of Harm, Fairness…

Survey XII: What Is the Future of Ethical AI Design?

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Author: Elon University; Publisher: Pew Research Center; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses the current public opinion of ethics in artificial intelligence (AI) and where we’re headed. They conducted a survey in 2021 which had 602 respondents including tech developers, business executives, policy leaders, and researchers. Each of their opinions about AI in regards to ethical concerns (human autonomy, data…

Ethical Challenges Posed by Big Data

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Author: Edmund G. Howe, Falicia Elenberg; Publisher: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience; Publication Year: 2020. The following paper discusses how Big Data is becoming a larger field within the world of data science as more and more information is collected on people. This paper uses the field of medicine as an example but the ethical concepts raised in this paper can be generalized to the area of Big Data more broadly. The 3 concepts are 1). Respecting people’s…