OUR Artificial intelligence could harm the health of millions of people and existential threat to humanitydoctors and health experts are warning, calling for a halt to AI development until a regulatory framework is in place.

Artificial intelligence could revolutionize healthcare by improving diagnosis, treatment and care. However, its rapid and unregulated development can also have consequences such as medical professionals note in the scientific journal BMJ Global Health from USA, UK, Australia, Costa Rica and Malaysia.

Risks associated with medicines and health care “include the risk of harm to patients, data privacy and security issues, and worsening social or health inequalities due to AI errors or misuse”, they emphasize, while warning about the wider global threats posed by artificial intelligence to human health and even existence.

If AI-based systems replace large numbers of workers, AI could be detrimental to the health of millions of people.

“Combined with the rapidly improving ability to distort or falsify reality through deep fabrications, AI-based information systems could further undermine democracy, causing a general erosion of confidence or leading to social division and conflict with subsequent public health consequences.”

Risks also increases job loss that will accompany the widespread development and application of AI technology, according to various estimates. tens to hundreds of millions in the next decade.

“While there would be many benefits in stopping repetitive, dangerous and unpleasant work, we already know that unemployment is inextricably linked to health and behavioral outcomes‘ notes the team of scientists.

“Moreover, we do not know how society will react psychologically and emotionally to a world in which work is not available or needed.we also didn’t think about the policies and strategies that would be required to separate unemployment from health.”

“With the exponential growth of AI research and development, the opportunity to avoid serious and potentially existential harm is shrinking. To avoid problems, effective regulation of the development and use of artificial intelligence is necessary. Until such a regulatory framework is in place, a moratorium on the development of self-improving artificial intelligence should be introducedthey warn.

Source: Guardian