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AI Bias in Organ Allocation: The Case of Kidney Transplants for Black Patients - Harm Prevention in AI

This AI incident highlights the need for safe and secure AI governance, specifically in organ allocation systems. An algorithm's bias led to a disproportionate impact on Black patients seeking kidney transplants. To help prevent such incidents and ensure responsible AI, join us JOIN US. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/79

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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