Ethical Considerations on Some Issues of Medical Artificial Intelligence Applications

Abstract

Artificial intelligence has been widely applied in the medical field recently, such as medical imaging, pathological diagnosis, mental health, rehabilitation medicine, and home health support have progressed, which also triggered extensive ethical thinking. Under the perspective of medical ethics, this paper explores the controversial status of moral subjects of AI machines, the definition of multiple relationships arising from machine use, value judgments and trust considerations of AI technologies, data accessibility and privacy protection. It further points out the potential injustice, discrimination and risk liability arising from AI, and calls for the establishment of an ethical review and collaborative governance mechanism for AI that is deeply integrated with technology.