California's reparations task force is recommending that state lawmakers address what it calls 'racially biased' artificial intelligence used in health care.
Doctors believe Artificial Intelligence is now saving lives, after a major advancement in breast cancer screenings. A.I. is detecting early signs of the disease, in some cases years before doctors would find the cancer on a traditional scan.
The recommendations include several proposals related to health care, including some concerning medical artificial intelligence , which the task force describes as"racially biased" and contributing toSpecifically, the task force calls for the legislature to fund either state universities or government agencies to study the"potential for harmful biases" in medical AI.
The report additionally suggests the study should probe"'evidence-based research into the use of devices and tools that recommend adjusting patients' treatment or medication based on broad racial categories in the absence of information on genetics or socio-cultural risk factors.'"that it cites several times.
The task force additionally wants the California Department of Public Health"to make and maintain a public list of software as a medical device products and provide demographic information about the subjects in which the devices were calibrated or trained."NEW AI TOOL HELPS DOCTORS STREAMLINE DOCUMENTATION AND FOCUS ON PATIENTS
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