Bias in Healthcare AI
In late 2019, Meredith’s routine mammogram showed an area of concern. Both her doctor and AI – an artificial intelligence program -- read her mammogram. Her doctor looked at the images and knew she had cancer, while the AI reading wasn’t so clear. Listen to the episode to hear Meredith explain: how AI is taught to read and interpret a mammogram the factors a doctor considers when making a diagnosis versus the factors an AI considers how bias is introduced into AI why she wants a doctor to read her mammogram rather than AI