Analysis of ethical dilemmas in applying large language models in healthcare, highlighting trust and confidentiality issues.
Rapid integration of large language models (LLM) into healthcare gives rise to acute ethical dilemmas and practical risks. The principal issue is associated with trust of medical professionals, patients and developers in the models, as well as with the potential violation of medical ethics. In the article, key challenges are analyzed including critical importance of trust (depending on LLM data quality), disturbance of informed consent and autonomy of a patient due to the lack of transparency and excessive trust in AI algorithms. Particular attention is given to the risks of confidential medical data protection, which is confirmed by non-authorized transfer of data while using generally accessible LLM. The need to develop transparent, safe and ethically regulated solutions for LLM is medicine is prioritized.
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