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The right to refuse diagnostics and treatment planning by artificial intelligence
Thomas Ploug1, Søren Holm2,3
1Department of Communication, Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy of Science, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450, Copenhagen, SV, Denmark. ploug@hum.aau.dk.
Abstract:
In an analysis of artificially intelligent systems for medical diagnostics and treatment planning we argue that patients should be able to exercise a right to withdraw from AI diagnostics and treatment planning for reasons related to (1) the physician's role in the patients' formation of and acting on personal preferences and values, (2) the bias and opacity problem of AI systems, and (3) rational concerns about the future societal effects of introducing AI systems in the health care sector.
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