How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment

How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment

Prior to receiving a Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 2017, Marzyeh Ghassemi had already begun to wonder whether the use of AI techniques might enhance the biases that already existed in health care. She was one of the early researchers to take up this issue, and she's been exploring it ever since.