Should an AI copy of you help decide if you live or die?
14 hours ago
- #end-of-life decisions
- #AI in healthcare
- #medical ethics
- Researchers have long questioned if AI could predict incapacitated patients' end-of-life preferences.
- AI 'clones' of patients may soon assist in making high-stakes medical decisions aligned with patient values.
- No hospitals currently use AI surrogates, but researcher Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad is pioneering this effort.
- Ahmad is testing AI models at Harborview Medical Center to predict patient preferences accurately.
- Current testing is limited to surviving patients who can verify the AI's decisions.
- The goal is to achieve two-thirds accuracy in predicting patient preferences before expanding the program.