Prof. Dr. Susanne Hahn
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Fellow at CAIS from March to September 2019
susanne.hahn@cais.nrw
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Fellow at CAIS from March to September 2019
susanne.hahn@cais.nrw
The ascription of responsibility for harm has already undergone significant changes with the use of technology. Nowadays, the established attribution of responsibility is again challenged by the use of “artificial intelligence” in life-threatening situations. If tumors are not detected in time or patients are not sent for preventive cardiovascular examinations early on, with the participation of algorithms, then persons are harmed and it is not clear who is to blame.
A public discussion about promoting or limiting the use of artificial intelligence in life-threatening situations requires a comparison of opportunities and risks. This presupposes to know which types of machine learning function how and what consequences this has for the areas of action in question. Only then can judgments be made about their (non-)acceptability, taking into account normative and pragmatic aspects.
The project aims at an analysis and transparent account of this problem, using medical diagnostics as an example. Essential components are: