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David Magnus: How will artificial intelligence impact medical ethics?

Date
February 04, 2019
Topics
Healthcare
Human Reasoning
Machine Learning
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In recent years, the explosion of artificial intelligence in medicine has yielded an increase in hope for patient outcomes, balanced by an equal concern for ethical implications.​

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