critical analysis in medical dehumanization by artificial intelligence on Feenberg’s perspective

Background and aims: The increasing progress of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potentialin medicine, including applications in diagnosis, treatment, and research, made it impossible toignore the role of this technology in medicine. However, the current design of intelligent systems,from the point of view of the knowledge it produces and its function in medicine and its ethicaland legal challenges, not only neglects the values of Medical Humanities, but also intensifies thedehumanization process. The purpose of this research is to find a solution to the challenges ofdehumanization related to AI by using Feenberg’s perspective.Method: The article describes six potential causes of dehumanization in medicine and how theyrelate to the use of artificial intelligence. These reasons include deindividuation, impaired patientagency, dissimilarity, mechanization, empathy reduction, and moral and human rights disengagement.Then we discuss these causes and their specific relationship with AI. Finally, we present acritical model of using AI in medicine by exploring Feenberg’s perspective on the relationshipbetween technology and medical dehumanization.Results: The article suggests designing and using AI in medicine according to Feenberg’s criticaltheory of technology, which combines opinion and action to correct problems caused by technology.According to Feenberg, AI in medicine should consider the principles of medical humanitiesand attention should be paid to clinical efficiency. By doing so, AI can be made more humanizedin medicine.Conclusion: According to Feenberg, technology is a combination of technical principles andsocio-cultural values. However, in the current design of intelligent systems in medicine, the valuesof medical humanities are being ignored, which leads to the intensification of the dehumanizationprocess in medicine. To solve this problem, the principles of medical humanities as baseof the secondary instrumentalization of AI should be incorporated into the design of intelligentsystems. Furthermore, a democratic transformation of technology is necessary to involve patientsand healthcare professionals in the development and implementation of AI in medicine, aligningthe design of AI with their values and preferences. Considering these factors, according to Feinberg’scontinuity thesis, will lead to the continuous of the artificial intelligence design process inmedicine, So AI can better serve the stakeholders’ needs and contribute to the humanization ofhealthcare.

کلیدواژه ها:

Medical humanities ، artificial intelligence ، dehumanization ، Feenberg’s critical theory of technology ، secondary instrumentalizations