Ethical Issues in the Utilization of Black Boxes for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made major progress in recent years in many fields. With regard of medicine however, the utilization of AI raises numerous ethical questions, especially since newer and much more accurate algorithms function as black boxes. A trade-off must then be made between having algorithms being very accurate and effective, and algorithms that are explainable but less proficient. In this paper we address the ethical implications of utilizing black box algorithms in medicine.