Dear all,

The OZSW study group Ethics of Biomedical Technology is organizing its third meeting on the 6^th of February 2024, from 16:00 to 17:00 at the Matthias van Geunsgebouw of the UMC Utrecht (specifically, Zaal 2/3 of the Descartes center on the 11^th floor). Although the meeting is hybrid for those of you joining externally, we would like to ask you to join us live as much as possible.

During this meeting, Matthias Braun will talk about “Towards an ethics of decision support systems.’’ Agenda: 16:00 – 16:05: Introduction by study group coordinators 16:05 – 17:00: Talk by Matthias Braun including discussion 17:00 – onwards: drinks at The Basket (Genevelaan 8, Utrecht)

Towards an ethics of decision support systems Good decision-making is a complex endeavor, and particularly so in a health context. The possibilities for day-to-day clinical practice opened up by AI-driven clinical decision support systems (AI-CDSS) give rise to fundamental questions around responsibility. In causal, moral, and legal terms, the application of AI-CDSS challenges existing attributions of responsibility. In this context, responsibility gaps are often identified as the main problem. Mapping out the changing dynamics and levels of attributing responsibility, I argue that the application of AI-CDSS causes diffusions of responsibility with respect to a causal, moral, and legal dimension. Responsibility diffusion describes the situation where multiple options and several agents can be considered for attributing responsibility. Against this background and to avoid responsibility gaps, I will conclude with suggestions for managing responsibility diffusions in clinical decision-making with AI-CDSS.

Please let us know if you would like to join the meeting by contacting us via studygroupethicsofbiomedtech@gmail.com

We hope to see you on the 6^th!

Lieke Baas, Jojanneke Drogt, Karin Jongsma, Caspar Safarlou