Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Analysis

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Artificial intelligence(AI) Is a branch of a Computer Science and the development of the Computer Systems that are able to perform tasks that require human intelligence such as speech recognition, decision makings, and more.AI is used in wide range of fields which include medical diagnosis and robots and more.It is ethical to use artificial intelligence in medical diagnosis and treatments according to the ethical theory "act of utilitarianism " which states that an action is good if its net effect is to produce more happiness than unhappiness that benefits exceed its harm.The reason for choosing this ethical theory is that it favors more on good outcomes than the bad outcomes.
AI is vastly used in many fields and medical is
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