The case in summary: According to a survey by ICT Norway, over half of Norwegians are positive that the public sector uses their health data to train artificially intelligent services. ICT Norway believes that it is gratifying that many people see the potential in the use of artificial intelligence to improve the healthcare system. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority points out that many Norwegians are concerned that artificial intelligence may challenge privacy, but also see that many are positive about the use of health data in AI training. Professor Morten Goodwin believes it is important that researchers and entrepreneurs get access to health data, and that people should be more afraid of not sharing data than of sharing data. Goodwin also points out that many already share health data with large international players, and that it is a shame that Norwegian researchers and entrepreneurs find it difficult to access health data. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Do you want the public to train artificial intelligence on your private health data? Given the debate surrounding Meta’s desire to train its AI on users’ data, one would think that Norwegians were skeptical about this as well. But according to a survey presented by ICT Norway today, Norwegians are positive about this. If you disregard those who have not made up their minds, more than half of the respondents think it is fine to let the public use their health data to train artificially intelligent services. Positive about using ICT Norway finds it gratifying that so many people are positive about using the new technology to provide a better healthcare system. – In the past, we have seen that many people are skeptical about the use of artificial intelligence, but it is good that people see the great potential here, says Øyvind Husby, CEO. for ICT Norway. Øyvind Husby, CEO of ICT Norway. Photo: IKT Norge / Erik Hansen – Correct and safe use of AI can give doctors and other healthcare personnel powerful tools to give us better medicines and treatment. About the survey The survey “IT in practice” is an annual, representative survey carried out by the consultancy company Rambøll in collaboration with IKT-Norge, the Directorate of Digitalisation, KS and NTNU. This is the 17th time it has been sent out, and has over 1,000 respondents. This year, one of the questions was: “It is okay for me that public authorities use my data to develop and improve artificially intelligent services.”, and of those who had made up their mind for or against, 30 per cent slightly or strongly disagreed, and 40 per cent slightly or very positively about this. Concern for privacy Section leader Kari Laumann at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority says they are following this development closely, and think the figures from the new survey show an interesting connection. – We see from our own surveys that an overwhelming number of Norwegians are afraid that artificial intelligence will challenge privacy, in that information will be used in a way they do not want. Kari Laumann, section leader for investigation, analysis and policy at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority Photo: Ilja C. Hendel The fact that more people are clearly positive than so many are positive about the use of health data in artificial intelligence training, she believes, shows that people see the possibilities that lie in KI: – It shows that people see the potential in the technology, despite fears about privacy. Do you want to share your health data for AI training? Yes Maybe No Show result Data should be shared – After all, this is very private data, which can affect the possibility of getting a job, if you have certain health or substance abuse problems. There are good reasons to keep health data close to the chest. At the same time, it is entirely possible to achieve sharing in a safe, anonymous way, says Morten Goodwin. Morten Goodwin is professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Agder, and thinks it is important to have an optimistic approach to AI. Photo: John Inge Johansen He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Agder, and believes it is very important that researchers and entrepreneurs have access to data: – I think people should be much more afraid of not sharing data than of sharing data , because then you will not join the training program. The medicines of the future will be much more adapted to each individual, and then you will be very much at the mercy of the fact that those who make the medicines have data on your ailments and illnesses. International players He also believes it is a paradox that we already share a lot of health data with large, international players. – Today, it is difficult for Norwegian researchers and entrepreneurs to gain access to health data. It’s a shame, because then we risk that the health technology of the future will come from Facebook or Google, says Goodwin. – Should people be worried about sharing health data? – One should be much more optimistic than pessimistic. Examples of AI projects in the healthcare system Trondheim municipality has an AI-based research project to help the elderly who are in need of home care. With the help of AI, they want to identify those who need more help, and be able to take preventive measures earlier. This could contribute to people being able to live longer at home and reduce costs for nursing homes. Akershus University Hospital is testing the EKG AI system, which should be able to predict the likelihood of heart failure in patients. Red Robin is a chatbot that collects illness history from the patient, and based on this determines whether the patient should be seen by healthcare personnel or can take care of himself. Source: Directorate of Health Published 12.08.2024, at 22.23
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Norwegians willing to give up health data to train AI
