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Focused topics on artificial intelligence bioethics by Joseph E. Thornton, M.D

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Author: Joseph Thornton MD

October 9, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Stanford HAI on do no harm ethics AI

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Stanford HAI
⁦‪@StanfordHAI‬⁩
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AI-powered models are now being used in hospitals across the United States, yet there’s no system to ensure these uses are safe and equitable. How can we change that? Stanford researchers say there’s no need to reinvent the wheel: stanford.io/3tlIGgh
10/9/23, 11:03 AM

Joseph Thornton

October 9, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Xiang Yue on LLM deficiencies in reasoning

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Xiang Yue
⁦‪@xiangyue96‬⁩
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Our #EMNLP2023 work also reveals this phenomenon. We find that despite being able to generate correct step-by-step solutions in the beginning, LLMs cannot maintain their belief in truth when challenged by often-time absurdly invalid arguments.

browse.arxiv.org/pdf/2305.13160… pic.twitter.com/3MRykrXmYC

10/8/23, 4:54 PM

Joseph Thornton

October 8, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by John Nosta on artificial empathy.

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John Nosta
⁦‪@JohnNosta‬⁩
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🤔Artificial Empathy (AE): A Human Construct Borrowed by AI

👉Understanding AI-based empathy requires a closer look at ourselves.

Empathy, a cornerstone of human interaction, is an enigmatic construct. It is a rich tapestry of genuine concern, social expectation, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/WDX2bqLnUA

10/8/23, 1:08 PM

Joseph Thornton

October 8, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Bindu Reddy on Twitter

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Bindu Reddy
⁦‪@bindureddy‬⁩
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Mental Health During Crisis Situations and Can LLMs Be Effective Therapists?

There is a lot of disturbing news and videos coming out of Israel today and many of us are horrified by the graphic violence inflicted on innocent civilians in this day and age.

Viewing violent images… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/sEFVELOjZF

10/8/23, 12:30 AM

Joseph Thornton

October 3, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Future of Life Institute on Twitter

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Future of Life Institute
⁦‪@FLIxrisk‬⁩
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🆕 Have you seen our new EU AI Act compliance checker?

We’ve built this tool for providers & deployers of AI systems to assess which legal obligations their system may be subject to under the Act.

Check it out: artificialintelligenceact.eu/assessment/eu-… pic.twitter.com/IncKWV8ck8

10/2/23, 5:20 PM

Joseph Thornton

October 3, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Eric Topol on Twitthuman a I bias send to Brianna.

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Eric Topol
⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩
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Based on experiments of simulated medical diagnostic tasks, “these results provide evidence of human inheritance of #AI bias.”
nature.com/articles/s4159… ⁦‪@SciReports‬⁩ ⁦‪@HelenaMatute‬⁩ ⁦‪@deusto‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/RhYCigOKyH
10/3/23, 11:34 AM

Joseph Thornton

October 3, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Eric Topol on Twitter. Cite in perinatal

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Eric Topol
⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩
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In the early days of large language models in medicine, 33 physicians across 17 specialties ⁦‪@VUMChealth‬⁩ posed 284 non-multiple choice questions to GPT 3.5/4 and obtained good, promising results #AI
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… ⁦‪@JAMANetworkOpen‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/p5dooQIxsO
10/2/23, 11:05 AM

Joseph Thornton

October 3, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Eric Topol on Twitter. A I and m d. Key

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Eric Topol
⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩
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The future of #AI in medicine: my conversation with ⁦‪@AdamRodmanMD‬⁩, who is replete with valuable insights
medscape.com/viewarticle/99…
⁦‪@Medscape‬⁩ w/ transcript #MedTwitter pic.twitter.com/dyhodc6cVh
10/2/23, 5:20 PM

Joseph Thornton

October 2, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by AiMakr on real-time image recognition and alerts

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AiMakr
⁦‪@ai_makr‬⁩
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AiMakr’s state-of-the-art vision-language engine detects objects, recognizes actions, and explains what’s happening all in real-time. Visit us at aimakr.io to see how we can help your business grow with AI.
9/29/23, 4:52 PM

Joseph Thornton

October 1, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by JAMA Internal Medicine on Twitter. Hip by ChatGPT

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JAMA Internal Medicine
⁦‪@JAMAInternalMed‬⁩
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ChatGPT wrote History of Present Illness summaries that were comparable to those written by senior internal medicine residents. ja.ma/3sIjdNR
9/30/23, 12:00 PM

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