Bioethics at the Edge of the Algorithm: Who Must Teach AI to Care?
By Mengmeng Zhang (C’29) Artificial intelligence is reshaping modern medicine. In emergency departments, where triage determines who gets seen first, a 2024 study found that a widely used algorithm undertriaged 5.5% of high-acuity patients, consistently ranking the sickest individuals as lower priority than a human nurse would have. As these systems take on greater clinical […]
The Ethics of Community-Led Vaccination Efforts in a Post-Trust Era
By Marin Agris (C’28) When the structures currently in place to protect public health shatter, the burden of safeguarding collective well-being shifts from the hands of the government to that of local communities. Nowhere is this more evident than in the case of vaccines, one of the greatest public health achievements to date. They are […]
AI Needs Data for Medical Advancement. But at What Ethical Cost?
Srijay Chenna (C’28) It seems whenever you set out to learn about AI, what you really end up learning about is data. Just this past week, I attended a seminar on AI in ventures with Wharton’s AI & Analytics Initiative, where a central theme was clear: successful AI depends on acquiring copious amounts of data. […]