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Area of Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Gerontology
  • Bioethics

Background:

  • Health Recommender Systems (HRS) leverage AI to promote healthy lifestyles and treatment adherence.
  • Active aging (AA) is a key area for HRS application.
  • Current HRS for AA face significant, yet under-explored, ethical challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate Health Recommender Systems for active aging through an autonomy-based ethical lens.
  • To identify and analyze ethical risks associated with HRS in aging populations.
  • To propose an ethical framework for developing autonomy-enabling HRS for AA.

Main Methods:

  • Review of technical aspects of HRS to identify ethical risks.
  • Ethical analysis focused on the core AI ethics principle of autonomy.
  • Categorization and proposed mitigation strategies for identified ethical risks.
  • Elaboration on autonomy-related ethical theories.

Main Results:

  • Technical features of HRS can pose ethical risks to the well-being of aging individuals.
  • A clear categorization of risks and potential mitigation actions were developed.
  • An autonomy-based ethical framework was proposed.

Conclusions:

  • Rethinking HRS for active aging through an autonomy-centric approach is crucial.
  • The proposed framework can guide the development of ethical and autonomy-enabling HRS.
  • Prioritizing autonomy in HRS design is essential for supporting healthy and independent aging.