AI presents host of ethical challenges for healthcare

While artificial intelligence has tremendous potential for revolutionizing healthcare delivery, there are many possible pitfalls and ill-intended uses of this powerful technology. "With the great promise of AI comes an even greater responsibility," Tourassi testified on Wednesday before a House committee hearing on AI's societal and ethical implications. "There are many ethical questions when applying AI in medicine." With respect to ethics, she observed that the massive volumes of health data being leveraged by AI must be carefully protected to preserve privacy. "The sheer volume, variability and sensitive nature of the personal data being collected require newer, extensive, secure and sustainable computational infrastructure and algorithms," according to Tourassi's testimony.