Studies reveal AI bias in healthcare
AromaticStrength6840 · reddit · 2026-08-21
Post discusses AI inheriting human biases, citing recent healthcare studies:
- Zack et al. (2024): GPT-4 systematically stereotyped clinical vignettes by race and gender.
- Omar et al. (2025): In 1.7M+ responses, cases labeled Black, unhoused, or LGBTQIA+ were steered to urgent care/invasive procedures 6-7x more often.
- EQUITRIAGE audit: Found strong female undertriage in chest pain (ratios up to 9.10:1).
Author asks for concrete examples of bias noticed by users in various models.
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