Exam AIGP Topic 1 Question 18 Discussion
Actual exam question for IAPP's AIGP exam
Question #: 18
Topic #: 1
Question #: 18
Topic #: 1
A US hospital plans to develop an AI that will review available patient data in order to propose an initial diagnosis to licensed physicians. The hospital will implement a policy that requires physicians to consider the AI proposal, but conduct their own physical examinations prior to making a final diagnosis.
An important ethical concern with this plan is?
An important ethical concern with this plan is?
Suggested Answer: B Vote an answer
The core ethical concern when deploying diagnostic AI in a healthcare setting is ensuringfairness and accuracy across diverse patient populations. If the AI is trained on a dataset that isnot representativeof the population it will serve, it risks reinforcing health disparities and leading to misdiagnoses.
From theAI Governance in Practice Report 2024:
"Training datasets lacking in diversity can produce outputs that systematically underperform for certain groups... this can lead to inaccurate or biased outcomes in healthcare settings." (p. 41)
"Bias, discrimination and fairness challenge... inadequate or nonrepresentative training data can result in AI systems that propagate historical disparities." (p. 42) While physician oversight may reduce risk,biased data can still shape clinical decision-making.
* A- Economic benefit is not central to ethical risk here.
* C- Important but less critical than data representativeness.
* D- Error rate matters but is addressed via validation; it's not the core ethical issue.
From theAI Governance in Practice Report 2024:
"Training datasets lacking in diversity can produce outputs that systematically underperform for certain groups... this can lead to inaccurate or biased outcomes in healthcare settings." (p. 41)
"Bias, discrimination and fairness challenge... inadequate or nonrepresentative training data can result in AI systems that propagate historical disparities." (p. 42) While physician oversight may reduce risk,biased data can still shape clinical decision-making.
* A- Economic benefit is not central to ethical risk here.
* C- Important but less critical than data representativeness.
* D- Error rate matters but is addressed via validation; it's not the core ethical issue.
by Werner at Sep 15, 2025, 08:08 PM
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