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i will not elaborate.

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AAal2.bsky.social

something about these guys screams "shoebox full of semen"

knilirabaj.bsky.social

“Spoiled semen” is masterclass messaging. No notes.

Tweet from Sean Collins. @Sunset_Carbon Tim Walz is 60. His son is 17. That means he had him at age 43. That's spoiled semen. So yeah. Do you drink 47 year old dairy milk?
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DJcoil.bsky.social

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AAal2.bsky.social

this is so stupid i think im getting a headache right now

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MMmichaelmillerjr.bsky.social

Hi, I do bioethics. Thx for sharing this! Lots going on here, but I am super-wary of the #technochauvinism here: "Algorithms... might actually paint a more authentic portrait of the way a person has lived, compared with a surrogate…" Humans aren't just "in the loop." We ARE the loop.

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AAal2.bsky.social

i hope not!

Beyond predicting outcomes, Al has the potential to predict what an incapacitated patient would choose. When patients cannot speak for themselves, we ask surrogates to draw on their knowledge of the patient to help the clinical team make individualized treatment decisions. Although a well-informed surrogate can perform this process of substituted judgement effectively, many patients lack a well-informed surrogate. Combining individual-level behavioral data-inputs such as social media posts, church attendance, donations, travel records, and historical health care decisions-Al could learn what is important to patients and predict what they might choose in a specific circumstance.
For example, in the opening vignette, an algorithm predicted that the mother would want comfort-focused treatment because her historical activities suggested that functional independence was important and the clinical situation made this outcome unlikely. This is not dissimilar from current best practice, wherein clinicians look to families, friends, prior physicians, and others to understand what an incapacitated patient would want. Algorithms-with thou-sands, millions, or even billions of direct observations of a person's behavior-might actually paint a more authentic portrait of the way a person has lived,
Other practical and normative issues abound if Al is going to be used to help surrogate decision-makers. Despite the ability to synthesize more and richer sources of information, data can be biased, and Al-derived predictions may be inappropriate or wrong. Just as advance directives can become outdated, prior behavioral data may not accurately reflect present-day wishes. Clinicians and patients can place undue trust in machines, conflating precision with accuracy.
behavioral data may not accurately reflect present-day wishes. Clinicians and patients can place undue trust in machines, conflating precision with accuracy. They might be reticent to override an algorithm's recommendation, even if the suggested course of action did not make sense (just as an overreliance on navigation apps sometimes causes motorists to crash their vehicles). Treatment options also change over time. We would not want an algorithm to predict that a...
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AAal2.bsky.social

did i miss a chance to participate in the discourse on this? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Can Artificial Intelligence Speak for Incapacitated Patients at the End of Life?
Can Artificial Intelligence Speak for Incapacitated Patients at the End of Life?

This Viewpoint examines how artificial intelligence could support surrogate decision-makers while addressing some of the attendant epistemic and moral

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EMemilymbender.bsky.social

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 36: About That 'Dangerous Capabilities' Fanfiction … in which @al2.bsky.social@whatulysses.bsky.social for production!

Episode 36: About That 'Dangerous Capabilities' Fanfiction (feat. Ali Alkhatib), June 24 2024 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Episode 36: About That 'Dangerous Capabilities' Fanfiction (feat. Ali Alkhatib), June 24 2024 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

When is a research paper not a research paper? When a big tech company uses a preprint server as a means to dodge peer review -- in this case, of their wild speculations on the 'dangerous capabilities...

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SJtheferocity.bsky.social

BlueSky can come up with all kinds of tools, and it should. But we can’t “technologize” our way out of white supremacy. If BlueSky wants to thrive, white liberals and progressives are going to have to interrogate and annihilate their relationship to white supremacy.

Pavildsen.bsky.social

yet evidently these people experience bsky as a place where they are “swarmed by aggressive trolls” - and that sucks. we need user tools to shut that down - thanks @safety.bsky.app @pfrazee.com for prioritizing this

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AAal2.bsky.social

i might have been the only person in the last ~10 years to have had a great trip to venice during the winter but i will ride or die for it. ... but odds are it'll flood, so feel free to ignore me lol

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