To the alerts that various sectors have issued about the use of Artificial Intelligence was also joined by the World Health Organization (WHO), which ensured that platforms such as ChatGPT and Bard they can lead to misguidance, breach personal data, and “spread very convincing misinformation” related to health.
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The WHO questioned the use that health professionals or other people can give it when asking Artificial Intelligence (AI) about diagnoses or other medical information: “It is imperative that risks are carefully considered the use of these tools as a support method for medical decision making”.
This, the UN body noted, could mislead doctors and cause harm to patients. In addition, expressed concern about personal data that can be supplied to these technologies.
“These tools do not necessarily protect sensitive data, including health data, that a user provides to generate a response,” the WHO added.
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In this sense, another warning that the WHO issued about Artificial Intelligence has to do with the fact that it “can be used to generate and spread highly convincing misinformation in the form of text, audio or video, making it difficult for the public to differentiate false content from reliable content.
To avoid misuse of AI related to health issues, the body proposed a series of principles such as the protection of the autonomy of professionals, the promotion of human well-being, the guarantees of transparency, the promotion of responsibility, inclusion and the promotion of sustainable artificial intelligence.
In this line, the WHO recognized that if there is an adequate “safe, effective and ethical” use of technologies such as AI, it can contribute to supporting health professionals, patients, researchers and scientists. “The new platforms can be a medical decision support tool and increase diagnostic capacity in low-resource settings. Attention must focus on protecting people’s health and reducing inequality”, concluded the Organization.
