UPSC 2023 GS-III · 10 marks · 150 words

Introduce the concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI). How does AI help clinical diagnosis? Do you perceive any threat to privacy of the individual in the use of AI in healthcare?

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Concept in one line: machines performing tasks requiring human-like intelligence — learning, reasoning, perception
Clinical diagnosis: imaging reads (diabetic retinopathy, TB X-rays — Niramai/Qure.ai as Indian examples), pathology pattern detection, risk prediction
Privacy threats: sensitive health data aggregation, re-identification from anonymised sets, function creep (insurers), consent quality
Safeguards: DPDP Act 2023 obligations, purpose limitation, federated learning; ICMR's 2023 ethical guidelines for AI in health

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Introduce the concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI). How does AI help clinical diagnosis? Do you perceive any threat to privacy of the individual in the use of AI in healthcare?

What a top answer must contain

Now write it, and find out what you actually scored

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