[ATTW-L] New Book: The Doctor and the Algorithm

[S. Scott Graham]

Hi All,

I'm thrilled to announce that The Doctor and the Algorithm: Promise, Peril,
and the Future of Health AI  is now out with Oxford University Press. A
short description is below, and you can check it out at:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-doctor-and-the-algorithm-9780197644461

For years, technologists and computer scientists have promised an AI
revolution that would transform the very basis of how we imagine and
administer modern medicine. AI-driven advancements in medical error rates,
diagnostic accuracy, or disease outbreak detection could potentially save
thousands of lives. But health AI also carries the potential for
exacerbating deep systemic biases if left unchecked.

The Doctor and the Algorithm combines insights from science and technology
studies, critical algorithm studies, and public interest informatics to
better understand the promise and peril of health AI. The book draws on
case studies in automated diagnostics, algorithmic pain measurement,
AI-driven drug discovery, and death prediction to investigate how health AI
is made, promoted, and justified. It explores the enthusiastic promises of
health AI marketing communication and medical futurism while also analyzing
the inequitable outcomes new AI technology often creates for already
marginalized communities. Finally, the book closes with specific
recommendations for regulatory frameworks that might support more ethical
and equitable approaches to health AI in the future.

Interweaving textual analysis and original informatics, The Doctor and the
Algorithm offers a sobering analysis of the promise of medical AI against
the real and unintended consequences that deep medicine can bring for
patients, providers, and public health alike.

Best,
-Scott

-- 
S. Scott Graham, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
sscottgraham.com
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