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Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns (www.medicalprotection.org)
submitted 8 hours ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I can understand this to some degree, but I largely disagree.

AI is a tool. The user of the tool should be the one that carries responsibility. I don't have the stats, but I imagine that most jobs that relied on hand tools suffered more injury when power tools were introduced, but again, it's up to the person using the tool to use it responsibly.

Granted, thats not a perfect analogy because AI definitely doesn't present the same marked improvements as power tools, but the responsibility of the user doesn't change.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The power tools are faulty, and they're being forced to use them. You're assuming the people using the AI have the power to reject what the AI says. I'm not sure that's true.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Now that they're personally liable for what it outputs, they definitely can. Your boss can't force you to break the law.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Well, if you want to lose your job, you're right!

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 3 hours ago

Being liable for medical malpractice and breaking the law are almost completely mutually exclusive.

It's almost always a civil suit, often between insurance companies.