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AI has potential to revolutionise health care – but we must first confront the risk of algorithmic bias

  • Written by: Mangor Pedersen, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is moving fast and will become an important support tool in clinical care. Research suggests AI algorithms can accurately detect melanomas and predict future breast cancers.

But before AI can be integrated into routine clinical use, we must address the challenge of algorithmic bias. AI algorithms may have...

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