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@zakkohane @thoughtson_tech @RanBalicer @HIMSS Hi Zak — there is also the prospect of moving AI beyond linguistic conceptualizations of the world towards more physics-based ones via world models — something I’m writing from an ethics perspective (and may submit to your NEJM AI!) — good luck with the talk

@thoughtson_tech @RanBalicer @HIMSS Well stated. It's far from obvious whose values/utilities get maximized among all the stakeholders you listed. If clinicians will not take the responsability of leadership then the values we cherished in medical school will be dominated by other concerns.

What value proposition for in AI in medicine will I chat about with @RanBalicer and @HalWolfIII @HIMSS ? app.himssconference.com/event/himss-20…

@zakkohane @doctronic @onemedical Interesting! Thanks for sharing Zack — why technology do they use to verify identity? (I imagine blockchain or other zero trust tech might be useful for this)

Most credible disruptor to medicine (particularly primary care) that I have seen is @doctronic esp. after CMO visited our lab meeting today. What I thought @onemedical was going to be. Compelling.

Into #AIethics? At noon Feb. 4, we in the @BCMEthics invite you to attend our t Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics, “AI in Medicine: Opportunities and Legal and Ethics Challenges,” featuring I. Glenn Cohen @CohenProf of Harvard Law! For info: bioethicsgrandrounds@bcm.edu

In case you thought everyone forgot about the #metaverse! Still a good thought experiment to consider (with @VNRahimzadeh) what "medaverse" healthcare would look like: blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/jour…

Looking forward to speaking at the 2026 Texas Radiological Society meeting soon, I hope to see you there!

@EricTopol @usnews well-deserved! congratulations Dr. Topol!

Grateful to @usnews for recognition as one of 25 best leaders for 2025 usnews.com/news/best-lead… Profile usnews.com/news/leaders/a…

#UserEngagement is one of the biggest challenges with AI-based digital health apps. In our new paper ("Towards Human-Centered Digital Health Interventions"), we propose a solution: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7oK,4QFJTF…

Please join us to hear Drs. Marcello Ienca and Georg Stark talk about: Brains and Machines: Towards a Unified Ethics of AI and Neuroscience Monday, October 27, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CST) teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

@npjDigitalMed This can also be understood in the broader context of customized AI (intended to please user), cautioned against in this article: nature.com/articles/s4174…

Researchers found GPT-4 and Llama 3 often comply with false or unsafe prompts — even when they “know” the correct answer. This “AI sycophancy” reveals a deeper risk: when models prioritize politeness and compliance over clinical accuracy, patient safety is on the line.

#AI ethics have always focused on the limitations of systems. What does an AI ethics look like that focuses on AI's strengths? We offer some thoughts: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxOU,4QFJTF…

If we are going to ask how AI aligns with doctor decisions, we have to first know what the doctor decisions are. As part of the Human Values Project, we have challenged doctors with triage decisions. Even though US doctors are 2/3 of respondents so far, Saudi clinicians appear to be the closest to the group consensus on these sometimes difficult decisions. If you are a doctor and have 5 minutes to spare: go to study.hvp.global and help us align AI to our human values.

Mark your calender: Aug. 18, 12CST! Our Pioneers in AI Research, Responsibility and Knowledge (SPARRK) will feature @AdamRodmanMD and Dr. Wes Boyd from @HMSbioethics to discuss “What ‘Superhuman’ AI means for Healthcare”: Teams meeting ID 234 908 650 981; pword Ps3Rz6pi.

Apple’s bombshell paper on #theillusionofthinking is more evidence that high stakes reasoning is still an exclusively human domain (unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your faith in human reasoning!)

U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly (99-1) to remove a moratorium from the #bigbeautifullbill to ban states from enacting or enforcing laws specifically regulating AI for a decade. But @sama says a “patchwork” of state AI laws will slow down AI. He has a point (see privacy laws)

Thanks to @curtlanglotz, Dr. Alyce Adams and everyone at @StanfordHCAI for their generous invitation to participate in such stimulating, multidisciplinary discussions around human-centered AI!

Trump’s -#BigBeautifulBill would put a moratorium on state AI bills for 10 years. Good or bad? Inviting your thoughts.

Was fun to chat on @BioethicsforPPL with my friend and colleague @BlumenthalBarby about What Patients Want to Know from AI. Have a listen! bioethicsforthepeople.com/episodes/ai-fo…

Special thanks to @mehdi_benchoufi and Tim Nugent for permission to reproduce some images from their foundational papers.

#Federatedlearning can enable shared insights without compromising privacy & trade secrets. But what say do individual data subjects have over sharing? Our new paper (w/@TiMinCeBIL, @MarceloCorCom, @mateo_aboy) in the @J_Law_Biosci offers some options. academic.oup.com/jlb/article/12…