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Race is a socially-constructed attribute, not a biological one. To purport to be able to base medical diagnoses on race is already an issue, and already causes
by bsanr2 5y ago
Race is a socially-constructed attribute, not a biological one. To purport to be able to base medical diagnoses on race is already an issue, and already causes much suffering. Specifically, diagnoses are missed when doctors believe that people of certain races are unable to develop certain diseases. Moving from individuals, who can learn about the history of racism in medicine and make positive changes to their outlook, to AI models, which can only produce output based on past (biased) data, is a nightmare scenario.