Making the invisible visible: what can we do about biased AI in medical devices?

Debate has intensified recently about the dangers of unbridled artificial intelligence (AI) to society.1 Nowhere are the problems more pressing than in the medical field, as bias may disproportionately damage the health of certain groups. Concerted action is needed now to ensure bias-free AI medical devices in the future, starting by increasing transparency and understanding.AI is embedded in every aspect of health care from cancer screening and diagnostics to clinical decision making in surgery and genomics. But the use of AI is often invisible to the public, patients, and health professionals alike. This masks and compounds some fundamental problems that can lead to biases, inequity, and potential harm.Invisible peopleThe advance of AI in medical devices could bring harm through inherent bias against certain groups in the population, notably women, people from ethnic minorities, and disadvantaged socioeconomic groups.23One prominent reason is that some groups are missing or under-represented in the datasets…
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