The article I read was “Black patients half as likely to receive pain medication as white patients, study finds” by Amanda Holpuch which talks about how black hospital patients are less likely to receive opioids compared to white patients who have the same symptoms. This was very interesting article to read because it was strange to me how patients with a different skin color showing the same symptoms get treated differently. I have read articles of them being treated by their experiences with doctors. But to know that they are being treated differently to the extent of not being given something that might actually help them. And also when they both have the same type of symptoms seems really strange to me. I think it might be because black people have a higher rate of getting addicted to opioids than whites. Also doctors might believe black patients are lying about their symptoms and exaggerating their symptoms due to the fact that they want to be prescribed opioids when they might not even need them. I feel like this can happen with anyone and should not just be classified to just one race. Knowing that doctors do not prescribe things to patients that might help them due to their race is a little scary. I am not quite sure why a stigma around black people has been created and that many people believe that all black people are the same.

Some latent functions of using AI might be computers are also not always perfect and can make mistakes as well. Relying on a computer entirely to diagnose someone might not always be the best way to do it, I think computers maybe should give suggestions to the doctor but I do not think we should rely solely on the computers for everything.

In order to create different health outcomes for people you can use AI by giving the computer all your information. Not just gender or race but you can give it your whole family history. This could help with diagnosing someone, when you have all the information about a person and their whole background. Especially since computers will never forget the information you input.

I think we should us AI in medicine but only to a certain limit. I do not think we should rely on computers alone to make diagnosis, especially since the computer is not able to physically interact with the patient. Doctors should us AI as suggestions of what a patient might have, like I said before just like humans computers also malfunction and do not work properly sometimes.