Projektnummer

N000978

Zusammenfassung

The aim of this project is to carve out the politics of classification as a prerequisite for objectifying health-related decision-making. Symptom checkers, mostly based on AI, promise substantiated diagnoses and information for patients and are often assumed to be better ?more objective ? doctors. Yet, AI-based decision-making has proven not to be as neutral and objective as intended, which has elicited discussions on bias and reliability. This project takes an STS perspective and focuses on the practices of formalization and classification, which aim at enhancing objectivity and reli...