Triage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?

Health data bear great promises for a healthier and happier life, but they also make us vulnerable. Making use of millions or billions of data points, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are now creating new benefits. For sure, harvesting Big Data can have great potentials for the...

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Autores principales: Dirk Helbing, Thomas Beschorner, Bruno Frey, Andreas Diekmann, Thilo Hagendorff, Peter Seele, Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff, Jeroen van den Hoven, Andrej Zwitter
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4ee58dd29f8b4da896f89b7514b9d6992021-11-26T11:19:49ZTriage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?2161-408310.1080/21614083.2021.1989243https://doaj.org/article/4ee58dd29f8b4da896f89b7514b9d6992021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21614083.2021.1989243https://doaj.org/toc/2161-4083Health data bear great promises for a healthier and happier life, but they also make us vulnerable. Making use of millions or billions of data points, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are now creating new benefits. For sure, harvesting Big Data can have great potentials for the health system, too. It can support accurate diagnoses, better treatments and greater cost effectiveness. However, it can also have undesirable implications, often in the sense of undesired side effects, which may in fact be terrible. Examples for this, as discussed in this article, are discrimination, the mechanisation of death, and genetic, social, behavioural or technological selection, which may imply eugenic effects or social Darwinism. As many unintended effects become visible only after years, we still lack sufficient criteria, long-term experience and advanced methods to reliably exclude that things may go terribly wrong. Handing over decision-making, responsibility or control to machines, could be dangerous and irresponsible. It would also be in serious conflict with human rights and our constitution.Dirk HelbingThomas BeschornerBruno FreyAndreas DiekmannThilo HagendorffPeter SeeleSarah Spiekermann-HoffJeroen van den HovenAndrej ZwitterTaylor & Francis Grouparticletriagetrolley problembig dataartificial intelligencetechnological selectioneugenicsethicsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Medicine (General)R5-920ENJournal of European CME, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2021)
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topic triage
trolley problem
big data
artificial intelligence
technological selection
eugenics
ethics
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle triage
trolley problem
big data
artificial intelligence
technological selection
eugenics
ethics
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Dirk Helbing
Thomas Beschorner
Bruno Frey
Andreas Diekmann
Thilo Hagendorff
Peter Seele
Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff
Jeroen van den Hoven
Andrej Zwitter
Triage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?
description Health data bear great promises for a healthier and happier life, but they also make us vulnerable. Making use of millions or billions of data points, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are now creating new benefits. For sure, harvesting Big Data can have great potentials for the health system, too. It can support accurate diagnoses, better treatments and greater cost effectiveness. However, it can also have undesirable implications, often in the sense of undesired side effects, which may in fact be terrible. Examples for this, as discussed in this article, are discrimination, the mechanisation of death, and genetic, social, behavioural or technological selection, which may imply eugenic effects or social Darwinism. As many unintended effects become visible only after years, we still lack sufficient criteria, long-term experience and advanced methods to reliably exclude that things may go terribly wrong. Handing over decision-making, responsibility or control to machines, could be dangerous and irresponsible. It would also be in serious conflict with human rights and our constitution.
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author Dirk Helbing
Thomas Beschorner
Bruno Frey
Andreas Diekmann
Thilo Hagendorff
Peter Seele
Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff
Jeroen van den Hoven
Andrej Zwitter
author_facet Dirk Helbing
Thomas Beschorner
Bruno Frey
Andreas Diekmann
Thilo Hagendorff
Peter Seele
Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff
Jeroen van den Hoven
Andrej Zwitter
author_sort Dirk Helbing
title Triage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?
title_short Triage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?
title_full Triage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?
title_fullStr Triage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?
title_full_unstemmed Triage 4.0: On Death Algorithms and Technological Selection. Is Today’s Data- Driven Medical System Still Compatible with the Constitution?
title_sort triage 4.0: on death algorithms and technological selection. is today’s data- driven medical system still compatible with the constitution?
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
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url https://doaj.org/article/4ee58dd29f8b4da896f89b7514b9d699
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