Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
Accounts of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine must grapple, in one way or another, with the interaction between AI systems and the humans involved in delivering healthcare. Humans are, of course, involved throughout the process of developing , deploying, and evaluating AI systems, but a particular role stands out: the human in the loop of an algorithmic decision. In medicine, when an algorithm is involved in a decision , a typical view of the system envisions a human healthcare professional mediating that algorithm - deciding whether and how to implement or react to any recommendation, prediction, or other algorithmic output. This person is the human in the loop, and their role is often central, complicated, and contested.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Price, W. Nicholson, II. "Comment on Chapters 1 and 4: Health AI, System Performance, and Physicians in the Loop." In The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges, edited by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker, 147-150. University of Chicago Press, 2024.
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Comments
Copyright 2024 National Bureau of Economic Research. All rights reserved. Available from https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/economics-artificial-intelligence-health-care-challenges/comment-chapters-1-and-4-health-ai-system-performance-and-physicians-loop