The Ethical Dilemma of Preventive E-Health Care Systems

Ever since the birth of computation with Alan Turing, humans have put high hopes on the power of computers and Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is expected to bring significant and diverse benefits to society – from greater efficiency and productivity to tackling a number of difficult global problems, such as climate change, poverty, disease, and conflict. At the same time, multiple ethical, legal and societal issues have revealed the potential of these technologies to produce undesirable impacts. In this talk, I´ll take a look at the ethical issues related to contemporary applications of “preventive e-health care systems”, open up their background in philosophy, and discuss on their wider societal impacts.

Dr. Anna-Mari Rusanen 
Cognitive Science, Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki, Finland

Dr. Rusanen is a philosopher of artificial intelligence, who works as an university lecturer in cognitive science (University of Helsinki). Currently, she also works as a senior advisor in Ministry of Finance (Finnish Government). Her research covers topics such as the computational explanations, cognitive control of complex action, human-machine cognitive interaction as well as the philosophical and scientific foundations of “AI ethics”.

The seminar is on-line via Zoom: https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/4902772616.