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

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    • UNESCO Declaration on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    • Module: Ethics of AI
    • The less-discussed consequence of healthcare’s labor shortage
    • Big Data will change Psychiatry
    • Racial Disparities in AI suicide risk prediction
    • Psychiatry and Deaths of Despair | Psychiatry and Behavioral Health | JAMA Psychiatry | JAMA Network
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    • Stanford sets benchmark for robotics
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  • AI and Patient Autonomy
  • Healthcare Ethics AI & QI
  • Introductory Presentation on AI Ethics
  • Healthcare Ethics: AI & QI Exercise
  • Catholic NeuroEthics
  • Splendor of Life versus Euthanasia
  • Technology vs Humans: We can but should we?
  • Ethics Grand Rounds July 10, 2025
  • ICB Lecture: Suffering 2025 July
  • ETHOS 7.0 2025 December

Author: Joseph Thornton MD

May 4, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Maya Israel (she/her) UF. AI. Education tools

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Maya Israel (she/her)
⁦‪@misrael09‬⁩
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I am so excited to be part of this cross-university AI institute focusing on inclusive AI technologies for education. #AI4K12 #CSforAll ⁦‪@UF_COE‬⁩ ⁦‪@CTRL_UF‬⁩ ⁦‪@UF‬⁩ ⁦‪@UFCISE‬⁩
5/4/23, 10:42 AM

Joseph Thornton

May 4, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Deepmind ceo heralds a g I

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Rowan Cheung
⁦‪@rowancheung‬⁩
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1. Deepmind CEO says AGI is possible in a few years

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google-owned AI lab DeepMind, just predicted that AGI could be within our grasp in just a few years.

Here’s a little background on Hassabis:
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5/4/23, 3:40 AM

Joseph Thornton

May 4, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by npj Digital Medicine on mental privacy

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npj Digital Medicine
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New in ⁦‪@Nature‬⁩ this week: Neuroethicists are split on whether a study that uses brain scans and #AI to decode imagined speech poses a threat to mental privacy.

nature.com/articles/d4158…

5/4/23, 7:00 AM

Joseph Thornton

May 3, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Brain Stimulation on Twitter. Bci.

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Frederic Gilbert et al. discusses ethical considerations of brain-computer Interface implantation and its effects on patient experience of agency

brainstimjrnl.com/article/S1935-…

5/3/23, 6:00 AM

Joseph Thornton

May 3, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Report National AI advisory

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Stanford HAI
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The new #NAIAC report is out! Congrats to ⁦‪@DanHo1‬⁩, ⁦‪@dzhang105‬⁩, and Christie Lawrence for their work on it. We were pleased to host the first hearing outside of D.C. for these important conversations around the future of AI and digital policy. bit.ly/3HvTahn pic.twitter.com/LQPRMJYrDk
5/2/23, 5:06 PM

Joseph Thornton

May 1, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet by Geoffrey Hinton. Godfather sounds alarm on AI

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Geoffrey Hinton
⁦‪@geoffreyhinton‬⁩
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In the NYT today, Cade Metz implies that I left Google so that I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. Google has acted very responsibly.
5/1/23, 7:09 AM

Joseph Thornton

May 1, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet. AI developments April 2023

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April of 2023 will go down as one of the most transformative months in history.

The amount AI developments released this month was mind-blowing. pic.twitter.com/c4tRcxbaed

5/1/23, 11:34 AM

Joseph Thornton

April 30, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Empowering Mental Health Through Inclusive Technology | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digital-mental-health/202304/empowering-mental-health-through-inclusive-technology

Joseph Thornton

April 29, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Tweet digital divide. by John Torous, MD MBI

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Our ⁦‪@BIDMChealth‬⁩ team is thrilled to be supporting this effort through our digital literacy training programs in partnership with ⁦‪@vinfencorp‬⁩ to help address the digital divide in Massachusetts: broadband.masstech.org/news/massachus… pic.twitter.com/FWqokLFsI0
4/28/23, 12:06 PM

Joseph Thornton

April 28, 2023 Joseph Thornton MD

Legislating AI

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-senator-introduces-bill-targeting-ais-shortfalls/ar-AA1asV72?ocid=sapphireappshare

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