Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in Healthcare
As we look towards the future of healthcare, integrating Care Robots (CRs) into health systems is a practical approach to address challenges such as an ageing population and caregiver shortages. However, ethical discussions about the impact of CRs on patients, caregivers, healthcare systems, and soc...
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| author | Auxane Boch Seamus Ryan Alexander Kriebitz Lameck Mbangula Amugongo Christoph Lütge |
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| description | As we look towards the future of healthcare, integrating Care Robots (CRs) into health systems is a practical approach to address challenges such as an ageing population and caregiver shortages. However, ethical discussions about the impact of CRs on patients, caregivers, healthcare systems, and society are crucial. This normative research seeks to define an integrative and comprehensive ethical framework for CRs, encompassing a wide range of AI-related issues in healthcare. To build the framework, we combine principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, justice, and explainability by integrating the AI4People framework for a Good AI Society and the traditional bioethics perspective. Using the integrated framework, we conduct an ethical assessment of CRs. Next, we identify three key ethical trade-offs and propose remediation strategies for the technology. Finally, we offer design recommendations for responsible development and usage of CRs. In conclusion, our research highlights the critical need for sector-specific ethical discussions in healthcare to fully grasp the potential implications of integrating AI technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5ece22727ea4e39b598a1c7285f62dc2023-11-19T02:55:23ZengMDPI AGRobotics2218-65812023-08-0112411010.3390/robotics12040110Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in HealthcareAuxane Boch0Seamus Ryan1Alexander Kriebitz2Lameck Mbangula Amugongo3Christoph Lütge4Institute for Ethics in AI, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanySchool of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, D02PN40 Dublin, IrelandPeter Löscher Chair of Business Ethics, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyInstitute for Ethics in AI, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyInstitute for Ethics in AI, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyAs we look towards the future of healthcare, integrating Care Robots (CRs) into health systems is a practical approach to address challenges such as an ageing population and caregiver shortages. However, ethical discussions about the impact of CRs on patients, caregivers, healthcare systems, and society are crucial. This normative research seeks to define an integrative and comprehensive ethical framework for CRs, encompassing a wide range of AI-related issues in healthcare. To build the framework, we combine principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, justice, and explainability by integrating the AI4People framework for a Good AI Society and the traditional bioethics perspective. Using the integrated framework, we conduct an ethical assessment of CRs. Next, we identify three key ethical trade-offs and propose remediation strategies for the technology. Finally, we offer design recommendations for responsible development and usage of CRs. In conclusion, our research highlights the critical need for sector-specific ethical discussions in healthcare to fully grasp the potential implications of integrating AI technology.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/12/4/110care robotsbioethicsAI ethicshealthcare |
| spellingShingle | Auxane Boch Seamus Ryan Alexander Kriebitz Lameck Mbangula Amugongo Christoph Lütge Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in Healthcare Robotics care robots bioethics AI ethics healthcare |
| title | Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in Healthcare |
| title_full | Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in Healthcare |
| title_fullStr | Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in Healthcare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in Healthcare |
| title_short | Beyond the Metal Flesh: Understanding the Intersection between Bio- and AI Ethics for Robotics in Healthcare |
| title_sort | beyond the metal flesh understanding the intersection between bio and ai ethics for robotics in healthcare |
| topic | care robots bioethics AI ethics healthcare |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/12/4/110 |
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