Clinithink Blog Hidden dangers: Addressing the scourge of bias in healthcare AI

As AI climbed the charts across industries, including healthcare, a new concern arose – bias in the AI models themselves. AI bias stems from the nature of how AI systems are trained, as these systems are only as good as their training and the data behind it. While AI itself is a statistical model and is not aware of its content or output behavior, we humans are aware of ours. And so, we are obliged to use that awareness to understand and appreciate the training any model has received, so we can be sure we’re using the right model for the right purpose.