The The Moral Status of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: An Ethical Inquiry

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence, which is identical to the intelligence of human being. This is a trending concept in our day today activities, which is transformed in to scientific knowledge and technological support in the middle of 20th century. John McCarthy was an American computer scientist, who coined the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’, Along with McCarthy , Alan Turing, a British mathematician and also logician can ask a question – “Can Machine think?” - in his seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence." He also introduced the Turing Test to assess a machine’s intelligence, and is thus widely regarded as one of the fathers of modern computing. This is the fundamental question behind the innovation of Artificial Intelligence in the world.

This paper explores the philosophical and ethical foundations of moral status in emerging AI technologies within the medical profession. Philosophical theories such as deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics help to strengthen the ethical underpinnings of Artificial Intelligence. The paper emphasizes the importance of ensuring that, although AI lacks consciousness and moral status, its role in ethical decision-making must be subject to careful ethical regulation.