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Aligning Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Medical Expertise: A Conceptual Understanding of Expert Practices to Foster Ethical AI Integration

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Abstract

Medical expertise is an essential concept when discussing the potential value of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems in advancing the medical field, as one of AI’s main promises is to positively complement the expertise of medical professionals. Yet, relatively few articles on medical AI explicitly mention what medical expertise entails, how it is practiced in medical contexts, and how AI systems relate to medical professionals’ expertise. We believe it is essential to focus on answering these questions to determine how AI should be integrated into medical practice and how we should formulate the expected benefits of AI systems in clinical care. With this article, we conceptualize medical expertise and identify four forms of medical expertise: epistemic expertise, performative expertise, adaptive expertise, and virtuous expertise. Additionally, we highlight how this conceptualization of expertise can support the ethical evaluation of AI’s augmenting role in medical practices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhilosophy of Artificial Intelligence
EditorsVincent C. Müller, Leonard Dung, Guido Löhr, Aliya Rumana
PublisherSpringer
Pages105-121
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-032-10073-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-032-10072-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2026

Publication series

NameSynthese Library
Volume533
ISSN (Print)0166-6991
ISSN (Electronic)2542-8292

Keywords

  • Ethics
  • Expert practices
  • Medical AI
  • Medical expertise
  • Responsible AI

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