Date of Award

4-6-2026

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Dr. Paul Bible

Second Advisor

Dr. Jeffrey Dunn

Third Advisor

Jillian Meyer

Abstract

This work is a philosophical analysis of the ethical dilemma of AI-created responsibility gaps, or the idea that it is challenging to find someone to hold responsible for outcomes produced by an autonomous system. In particular, my focus is specifically on addressing responsibility gaps created by AI used in healthcare. This complex issue of responsibility gaps becomes more intense in the setting of critical areas of life like healthcare, where moral responsibility is a foundational component of upholding medical ethics. My paper will take a deep dive into exploring the intricacies of this complex problem by applying a pre-existing conceptual framework to a specific area of interest, medicine, to provide a deep analysis of the ethical concerns that AI-created responsibility gaps raise in the medical setting. From there, my work analyzes existing remediation proposals for closing responsibility gaps. The end goal of this analysis was to find a solution that I felt was best suited for the responsibility gaps created by medical AI. I propose that a synthesis of meaningful human control principles and shared responsibilization may be the most appropriate approach for closing responsibility gaps created by AI used in medicine.

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