(g+) IT-Sicherheit: Wenn zu viel Security eher schadet als nützt

Firmen investieren mit immer höherem Aufwand immer mehr Geld in IT-Security – doch der Sicherheitswahn gefährdet mitunter, was er schützen soll. Ein Ratgebertext von Klaus Manhart (Security, Passwort)

Firmen investieren mit immer höherem Aufwand immer mehr Geld in IT-Security - doch der Sicherheitswahn gefährdet mitunter, was er schützen soll. Ein Ratgebertext von Klaus Manhart (Security, Passwort)

Should an AI copy of you help decide if you live or die?

Doctors share top concerns of AI surrogates aiding life-or-death decisions.

For more than a decade, researchers have wondered whether artificial intelligence could help predict what incapacitated patients might want when doctors must make life-or-death decisions on their behalf.

It remains one of the most high-stakes questions in health care AI today. But as AI improves, some experts increasingly see it as inevitable that digital “clones” of patients could one day aid family members, doctors, and ethics boards in making end-of-life decisions that are aligned with a patient’s values and goals.

Ars spoke with experts conducting or closely monitoring this research who confirmed that no hospital has yet deployed so-called “AI surrogates.” But AI researcher Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad is aiming to change that, taking the first steps toward piloting AI surrogates at a US medical facility.

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