Spillover Effect Details
- Policy
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EU AI Act
- Alternative
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AI Ethics and Impact Assessment Framework for SMEs
- Dimension
- Health
- Criteria
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- Patient outcomes improvement
- Time Frame
- 5
- Score
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- PositiveImpact
- The comprehensive framework could enhance the ethical use of AI in healthcare by ensuring SMEs develop AI solutions that prioritize patient safety and discrimination prevention, ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes and greater public trust in AI-driven health technologies. This trust could foster innovation in healthcare applications, creating a more responsive and effective health service for future generations.
- NegativeImpact
- The framework may inadvertently stifle innovation among SMEs if the compliance burden is perceived as too high, potentially excluding smaller firms from the AI market. This exclusion could lead to a monopolization of AI healthcare solutions among larger corporations, which could negatively impact patient outcomes due to a lack of diversity in AI solutions and limited new ideas entering the market.
- Description
- The alternative provides a valuable framework for SMEs, but it could fail in several critical ways: 1) It might not sufficiently reduce compliance complexity for SMEs when operating under the EU AI Act, leading to confusion and dissuading innovation; 2) If not widely adopted or implemented, the framework may leave many SMEs operating outside its guidelines, thus failing to elevate ethical standards; 3) The focus on ethical implications could detract attention from other critical areas, such as technological proficiency or real-world application effectiveness, that influence patient outcomes. Given these considerations, the impact on future generations is not particularly favorable, leading to the rating of 'bad' on the scale of effects. The alternative would create more bureaucratic layers than actual assets in terms of patient outcomes and innovation potential, as the practical benefits may not sufficiently outpace the administrative burdens placed on SMEs for compliance.