The mega-cultural age of artificial intelligence (AI) is theorised in this paper referring to the Heideggerian phenomenology of technology and cybernetics. Arguing that resisting the logic of its age is beyond a subfield of ethics, the paper draws attention to the way medical ethics can reassess from within the framework of the age the new ethical dilemmas and complex scenarios brought about by health-AI. Two moral situations are discussed in this context: using Electronic Health Records for non-health-related purposes such as solving mystery crimes and using health-AI for new drug development and improved treatment protocols. The purpose of the discussion is to reexamine medical ethics in the age of AI without overlooking the complexities health-AI can engender.
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