Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare in Australian Indigenous Communities: Scoping Project to Explore Relevance
Over the past decade, considerable efforts have been made to reconcile ethical considerations with the introduction of AI in healthcare internationally. In Australia current AI principles are not tailored for healthcare and are overly abstract, lacking consideration of cultural diversity. Data quality and fairness are pivotal for the success of any AI-based solution, the mismanagement of data biases poses a potential source of discrimination and injustice.
There is a gap in the inclusion and priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s voices in the fast‑developing world of AI. Yet, due to the national policy and protocol infancy of this resource in healthcare applications, we simply do not know the relevance and priority AI plays in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare.
