The first randomized trial of medical #AI to show it saves lives
ECG-AI alert in 16,000 hospitalized patients
31% reduction of mortality (absolute 7 per 100 patients) in pre-specified high-risk group
nature.com/articles/s4159…
Nature Medicine

'We also must resist the replacement of democratic institutions by technological processes that remove and reduce the input and engagement of counterpublics.'

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'Dating apps generate several million relationships a year in the US alone...a net social positive. They should be regulated to rein in the gamified elements and increase transparency...but that’s true of all social media...'
theguardian.com/technology/202…

🛠️ Engineers, philosophers, policymakers – your blueprint for ethical technology design is here! Steven Umbrello's “Technology Ethics” (@politybooks) is now available for pre-order.
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#Technology #ethics #booktwitter #booklovers

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IEET Managing Director Steven Umbrello’s latest article on applying Bernard Lonergan’s theory of intentional consciousness to the responsible #design and use of #AI published in Word on Fire’s Evangelization & Culture Online ⬇️

Check out my latest piece published by Word on Fire’s Evangelization & Culture.

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With neurotechnology on the rise, Sigal Samuel reports on the emerging “neurorights” movement, which aims to protect our brains — and our thoughts, feelings, and senses — from being exploited by tech companies. vox.com/future-perfect…

🚨BREAKING: New bipartisan AI bill introduced in the US: the Future of AI Innovation Act. What you need to know:

➡️According to the official release, the Future of AI Innovation Act:

➵ authorizes the NIST AI Safety Institute to develop AI standards;
➵ creates new AI testbeds…

The 3 Body Problem Explored: Cosmic Sociology, Longtermism & Existential Risk. Robin Hanson, Anders Sandberg and Joscha Bach -mod by Adam Ford (SciFuture) and James Hughes (IEET)

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The 3 Body Problem Explored: Cosmic Sociology, Longtermism & Existential Risk - round table discussion with three great minds: Robin Hanson, Anders Sandberg and Joscha Bach - moderated by Adam Ford (SciFuture) and James Hughes (IEET).
youtube.com/watch?v=_iT7ZX…

Young American men commit much fewer crimes than previous generations did at the same age.

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IEET partner, Nir Eisikovits (UMass Boston AEC),on the proposed Tiktok ban. 'The Chinese government can buy all the data it wants from data brokers because the U.S. has no federal data privacy laws to speak of.'
thecurrentga.org/2024/04/20/tik…

In the US millennials are the most in favor of reducing their weekly work hours: 63% support transitioning to a four-day working week, and 46% believe it makes workers more productive.
newsweek.com/millennials-re…

Mind the Psychedelic Hype: Characterizing the Risks and Benefits of Psychedelics for Depression buff.ly/3vZI2H2

I've finally uploaded the thesis on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2404.12150

It ties together a bunch of papers exploring some alternatives to RL for finetuning LMs, including pretraining with human preferences and minimizing KL divergences from pre-defined target distributions.

I'm pleased to share my new article, 'Contentment in the Age of Technology: A Case for Cautious Optimism,' published in Dharma World, a Buddhist & interfaith magazine out of Japan. You can download it free here: rk-world.org/dharmaworld/sp… #buddhism #TechNews #socialmedia #AI

GLP-1s like Ozempic could have reduced the disproportionate burden of obesity on the poor. Instead it makes it worse, since only the affluent can afford them. Egalitarian benefits require universal access to cheaper drugs, not pricey out-of-pocket access. latimes.com/science/story/…

A shrinking population means Japan has a shortage of workers. Many are hoping that artificial intelligence (AI) can pick up the slack.
bbc.com/news/business-…

Upcoming talk in May at UC Riverside (online)

Registration ucr.zoom.us/meeting/regist…