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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22503/inftars.XXV.2025.2.2
Language: en
Title: Digital society and AI, with special reference to healthcare
Abstract: The article aims to highlight the ethical and regulatory impact arising from the progress of digital society and AI, with special regard to the right to healthcare as a social human right. Digital society and AI are intricately related to healthcare and
digital health literacy. Although the legal norms that guide digital society are needed to maintain the rule of law, humanity’s future will be marked by regulatory minimalism. New forms of regulation should therefore be developed that can effectively
prevent illegal and immoral activity in digital society. Codes of conduct on AI use in healthcare should also be strengthened. Present-day AI ethics inhibits dehumanization and promotes the cause of digital healthcare, which is imperative for an adequately functioning digital society. Nevertheless, mis- and disinforming patients via social media platforms poses a real threat. Even though the number of digitally illiterate patients is shrinking, no patient should be ostracized, for such would
run counter to the digitalization of society. Last, digital sovereignty has been eroded somewhat because states are barely able to ensure online security for their citizens.
Keywords: digital society, AI, healthcare, digital health literacy, regulatory minimalism, digital sovereignty