Take a seat: the AI will be with you shortly

This blog is a summary of the discussions that took place at the DataKind UK ethics book club on AI and medicine, on 22nd April 2020. Views represented here are those of attendees at the book club. By the time DataKind UK's ethics book club rolled around, our topic -- AI and medicine -- felt pretty timely. In groups, we discussed the contact-tracing methods being used by public health authorities around the world, and concerns that privacy might be a casualty of the public health response. While there might be legitimate arguments to pry into people's personal lives in the midst of a pandemic, we also wondered what happens after the crisis is over.