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Comment
. 2021 Dec;27(12):2079-2081.
doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01577-2.

Rising to the challenge of bias in health care AI

Mildred K Cho  1
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Rising to the challenge of bias in health care AI

Mildred K Cho. Nat Med. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Standfirst: AI-based models may amplify pre-existing human bias within datasets; addressing this problem will require fundamental a realignment of the culture of software development.

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