We might be afraid of blackbox algorithms

Carissa Véliz; Carina Prunkl; Milo Phillips-Brown; Theodore Lechterman

doi:10.1136/medethics-2021-107462

We might be afraid of blackbox algorithms

Carissa Véliz, Carina Prunkl, Milo Phillips-Brown, Theodore Lechterman

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Abstract

Fears of black-box algorithms are multiplying. They are said to prevent accountability,1 to make it harder to detect bias2 and so on. Some fears concern the epistemology of black-box algorithms in medicine and the ethical implications of that epistemology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-340
Journal	Journal of Medical Ethics
Volume	47
Issue number	5
Early online date	29 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107462
Publication status	Published - 2021

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