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

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Author: Joseph Thornton MD

September 6, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Ethan Mollick AI detectors do not work

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Ethan Mollick
⁦‪@emollick‬⁩
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Emerging issue with AI detection: We know AI detectors don’t work (DO NOT USE THEM👇), so I hear about instructors using their gut to figure out who is cheating.

Problem is that this sort of approach is open to bias and only catches bad prompters (good prompting sounds natural).

9/6/23, 4:19 PM

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September 6, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by AK on RLHF. REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

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AK
⁦‪@_akhaliq‬⁩
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Efficient RLHF: Reducing the Memory Usage of PPO

paper page: huggingface.co/papers/2309.00…

Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) has revolutionized language modeling by aligning models with human preferences. However, the RL stage, Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO),… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/nxoXhSyvev

9/5/23, 11:03 PM

Joseph Thornton

September 6, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Jerry Wei LLM sycopathic

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Jerry Wei
⁦‪@JerryWeiAI‬⁩
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Interesting experimentation on how sycophantic OpenAI’s base model are! An important counterfinding is that, like Anthropic models [1], PaLM base models also become more sycophantic as they get larger [2].

This difference between models may be explained by the fact that GPT-3… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/QQR8qzR4zq

9/5/23, 5:50 PM

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September 5, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Expanding, improving, and understanding behaviour research and therapy through digital mental health – ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005796723001079

Joseph Thornton

September 5, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Tansu YEĞEN on Twitter. Robots mobility video

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Boston Dynamics can make in very near future professional #robot football players. In the CGI video, one of these robots easily outplay a person🧐

pic.twitter.com/bVFhFg8zmf

9/4/23, 11:15 PM

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September 4, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Ethan Mollick on Twitter. Surgeon notes

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⁦‪@emollick‬⁩
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AI is transformative for tiny uses in your area of expertise.

This small study of plastic surgeons showed GPT-3.5 cut the time to write operation notes from 7 minutes to 5 seconds. The notes met guidelines, and were preferred by both doctors and patients. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pic.twitter.com/z2Bh7P4I2P

9/4/23, 2:18 PM

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September 4, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by npj Digital Medicine on AI GOVERNANCE CHECKLIST

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This paper from ⁦‪@rawegd‬⁩ et al. outlines a governance checklist for reviewing new #ArtificialInteligence proposals with 9 key areas for consideration for use in the healthcare system in Aotearoa New Zealand, taking into account specific contextual factors.

nature.com/articles/s4174… pic.twitter.com/ba1JdsaOyo

9/4/23, 7:35 AM

Joseph Thornton

September 1, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Building a Wearable That Can Catch You When You Stumble

Engineer AI devices to prevent falls
My term ? Prophylactic prothestics ?

https://hai.stanford.edu/news/building-wearable-can-catch-you-when-you-stumble

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September 1, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by McKinsey & Company on Twitter. Annual report

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Our annual State of AI survey is here, and the results confirm 2023 is all about generative AI🧠

Explore the trends at mck.co/3ElCA1A, and share your take👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/X82Ifbj8UM

9/1/23, 4:30 AM

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August 31, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by McKinsey & Company on Twitter

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How soon until #generativeAI matches median human performance across a range of activities? Sooner than some may think.

What sectors stand to gain the most value from this transformative #technology?

Discover more➡️ mck.co/45u4HaQ

#McKinseyDigital #GenerativeAI pic.twitter.com/9Z8j5RPvhE

8/31/23, 10:00 PM

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