Glad to see our paper is out, free and open access: “Resolving the Human-subjects Status of Machine Learning's Crowdworkers” with @kaushikdivyansh.dev and @zacharylipton.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Glad to see our paper is out, free and open access: “Resolving the Human-subjects Status of Machine Learning's Crowdworkers” with @kaushikdivyansh.dev and @zacharylipton.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Had a wonderful day in Toronto yesterday. Participated in a roundtable with faculty and students and gave a lecture on AI in medicine at the JCB. Lovely dinner with good friends after capped a marvelous visit.

In case this got lost in the weekend, please check out our new paper #philsci #bioethics #AI

Just out, free and open access, “A Normative Framework for Artificial Intelligence as a Sociotechnical System in Healthcare” with @mdmccradden.bsky.social Shalmali Joshua and James Anderson. Extends the concept of an “intervention ensemble” to AI in medicine… www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

Thoughtful new review of my book by Soren Holm in Clinical Trials, “This is […] undoubtedly one of the most important books about biomedical research ethics to appear in the last 20 years.” Still 1 copy left on Amazon! (PDF is free & OA) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Thoughtful new review of my book by Soren Holm in Clinical Trials, “This is […] undoubtedly one of the most important books about biomedical research ethics to appear in the last 20 years.” Still 1 copy left on Amazon! (PDF is free & OA) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

It’s difficult to explain to non-ethics people how much of my professional life is basically dealing with people who don’t see any value in ethics (because they don’t understand what it might be) but who feel forced to engage with me because of some external requirement.

I just realized I’m giving a talk or doing some kind of presentation 6 of the next 7 days. I really need to replace the idiot who does my schedule 🙃

Wednesday we had the official ceremony conferring my new chair. Complete with physical 🪑. Honored to be recognized alongside @hoda-heidari.bsky.social and Brad Myers.

“I know that we’re short of time but luckily time stands still when I’m talking.”

Until they can show that the cyber truck offers protection from the arrows of outrageous fortune I’m still not interested.

The most frightening thing I’ve ever seen is how people will treat one another. There is no need for devils and demons when you have seen the works of a callous heart.

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Daisy handing out candy on Halloween

The best part of this story is that my daughter gets her first photo credit in the Wall Street Journal! www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

I find this is true of my best collaborations—that they are part of a process of discovery that requires real trust and the ability to move outside of your own ego and to be open to being changed.

The best part of this story is that my daughter gets her first photo credit in the Wall Street Journal! www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

Remember: Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!

Huge accomplishment: I just drilled out a stripped screw and replaced the cartridge in my shower faucet. No leaks so far. This calls for a celebratory drink I think.

Looking forward to giving this talk at the University of Toronto on Nov 15th www.eventbrite.ca/e/ethics-unc...

Only one more week to apply to one of these two jobs at Pitt! Join us! Phil cognitive science and neuroscience. #philsky

I guess the game is to move on to the next amazing approach before people catch up to the burst bubbles from the inflated claims about yesterday’s amazing approach. At least they note that radiology is still alive and kicking (cough, Hinton) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Things you hear when people at conferences find out you work at CMU: Oh, so are you a Bayesian? Oh, so do you work on causal discovery?

Being introduced for my plenary talk as part of the session on integrating AI and ML into research and clinical care: scientific and ethical challenges at The Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) hosted by the stem Cell Network

Being introduced for my plenary talk as part of the session on integrating AI and ML into research and clinical care: scientific and ethical challenges at The Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) hosted by the stem Cell Network

Movies should be rated “Kantian” or “non-Kantian”

This should be the fate of all these recycles. Move on, people! You can’t relive it!!

Movies should be rated “Kantian” or “non-Kantian”

Heading to Toronto tomorrow to participate in a plenary session Tuesday morning for The Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) hosted by the stem Cell Network on  integrating AI and ML into research and clinical care: scientific and ethical challenges.

Preliminary Program and Information for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4, Dec. 14-15, 2023, 1-6pm GMT Online only, I'm co-hosting with Shelley Tremain, who has out the programme together @blavatnikschool.bsky.social biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2023/10/21/p...

I just found out that I have been elected to the Board of Directors for PRIM&R – Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research.  My term begins January 1. I am looking forward to serving.

WUT?!?!

*Job Ad* We are hiring tenure-track in Social/Political Philosophy at Wake Forest University. Please share with anyone who might be interested! philjobs.org/job/show/24978

Big Game Theory needs this chaos to vindicate their models! 😂

Looking forward to talking about ethics and AI in medicine with @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social and @thehastingscenter.bsky.social in just a few minutes!! www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-cen...

there’s a nice paragraph in here about how copilot made an email sound like the user was enthusiastic about a project and happy to be involved, even though the user had not ready any of the associated emails.

If you think Hegel was engaging in hyperbole when he said history is the slaughterbench of human happiness, just watch the new Ken Burns, The American Buffalo. History is a horror show of cruelty and injustice.

Beginning the long journey home today. The upside is that the trip involves exactly 0 German trains! Wish me luck, friends.

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In front of the building where Hegel lived as a student.

In Tubingen to celebrate the career of my friend Urban Wiesing. What a beautiful city!!

It took a while, but I finally made it to dinner in Tubingen. Looking forward to the next two days.

And of course this train is delayed! But that’s travel I guess.

Canceled train and rain meant a challenging morning. But I’m in Düsseldorf, waiting for my train to Stuttgart 🤞 and hoping for not more surprises today!

Day two, wonderful meetings at UCMC Utrecht with Maarten van Smeden and Rieke van der Graaf talking about ethics and AI

Day two, wonderful meetings at UCMC Utrecht with Maarten van Smeden and Rieke van der Graaf talking about ethics and AI

Wonderful lunch today in beautiful Utrecht with my excellent host, @marcelverweij.bsky.social . Talks tomorrow before heading to Germany.