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. 2021 Mar 15:372:n304.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.n304.

Does "AI" stand for augmenting inequality in the era of covid-19 healthcare?

David Leslie  1 , Anjali Mazumder  2 , Aidan Peppin  3 , Maria K Wolters  4 , Alexa Hagerty  5
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Does "AI" stand for augmenting inequality in the era of covid-19 healthcare?

David Leslie et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Artificial intelligence can help tackle the covid-19 pandemic, but bias and discrimination in its design and deployment risk exacerbating existing health inequity argue David Leslie and colleagues

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that we have no competing interests.

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Cascading effects of health inequality and discrimination manifest in the design and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems
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Risks of, and remedies for, developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) systems safely. EHRs=electronic health records; HICs=high income countries; LMICs=low and middle income countries
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