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Medical AI Safety: We have a problem. – Lauren Oakden-Rayner

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For the first time ever AI systems can directly harm patients. Are we doing enough to prevent a medical AI tragedy, the equivalent of a thalidomide event?

This is the start of a new blog series on the most important topic I will probably ever write about: medical AI safety . This is a timely discussion, because we are approaching a tipping point. For the first time ever AI systems are replacing human judgement in actual clinics. For the first time ever AI systems could directly harm patients, with unsafe systems leading to overspending, injury, or even death. For the first time ever, AI systems could actually be responsible for medical disasters . If that sounds ominous, it should. I don’t think we are being nearly careful enough. Medical

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