The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Female-Oriented Healthcare: The Current State and Future Implications

Abstract

Throughout the 21st century, particularly in our current decade, artificial intelligence has emerged to be a powerful source to the industries of our society: engineering, architecture, and the criminal justice system, to name a few. With the invaluable benefits that come with this tool, certain drawbacks are explicit, especially in artificial intelligence’s applicability to modern healthcare. The integration of AI into female-centered health facets, specifically, has the potential to revolutionize healthcare access to underserved populations worldwide. AI’s ability to target underrepresented demographics, such as minority urban women and women in rural areas, through software is viable through emerging devices. AI-powered disease monitors for unavoidable chronic diseases provide the opportunity for early disease diagnosis and personalized treatments, noticing female-evident symptoms. Further, AI-driven chatbots serve as an intelligence that breaks the stigma barrier behind female sexual health, allowing women to acquire the help they need to empower their bodies. Despite these advancements, AI raises concerns regarding the data privacy of the developments it is integrated into, and thus the collection of sensitive medical information. Moreover, AI algorithms risk the reinforcement of the biases that healthcare workers have worked so hard to eliminate as AI becomes further intertwined with global medical education. This paper examines and analyzes the ethical considerations and implications that have and will continue to guide artificial intelligence’s integration into female healthcare, analyzing both its transformative potential and the challenges it contains.