A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare
Led by Dr Raquel Iniesta, Reader in Statistical Learning for Precision Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare took place at the Science Gallery London on 14 November. It featured a stellar line-up of expert speakers from across government, academia, the medical sector, industry and patient community. These included Sara Cerdas, a former Member of the European Parliament, Dr Rupa Chilvers, Deputy Director for Life Sciences and Innovation at the Welsh Government, Professor Payam Barnaghi, Professor of Machine Intelligence Applied to Medicine at Imperial College London, and Professor Susan Shelmerdine, Consultant AI Paediatric Radiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The event was a key activity of the RAi UK International Partnership project ‘The human role to guarantee an ethical AI for healthcare’. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology rapidly advances across healthcare, critical ethical challenges emerge.
By considering a range of activities and collaborations such as that held in London, and involving stakeholders from different fields, the project seeks to give answer to emerging ethical concerns, such as how to build trust between practitioners and AI; how to ensure an AI for routine clinical care that is transparent, fair and trusted; who is accountable for the automated decisions; what is the role and responsibility of patients in the AI medical era; or how we can avoid dehumanisation and disempowerment in AI medicine.
During the event, key themes emerged around the role of the patient and dealing with bias in data. Patients should be meaningfully involved throughout development, and their safety, care and wellbeing should always be put first.
The full agenda from the event is available from the KCL events listing and more details are available via KCL news.
Raquel and ‘The human role to guarantee an ethical AI for healthcare’ team are now busy planning their next event, on the same theme but with a focus on the EU AI Act, in Brussels, in April 2025. Please contact Raquel Iniesta for further details.
Speaker at A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare event, 14 November 2024