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Alex John London

@unityofvirtue.bsky.social
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Author: For the a common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics (OUP) and K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at CMU. Recent papers: arxiv.org/abs/2308.00868 doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100622

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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Glad to see our paper is out, free and open access: “Resolving the Human-subjects Status of Machine Learning's Crowdworkers” with @kaushikdivyansh.dev and @zacharylipton.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Glad to see our paper is out, free and open access: “Resolving the Human-subjects Status of Machine Learning's Crowdworkers” with @kaushikdivyansh.dev and @zacharylipton.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Had a wonderful day in Toronto yesterday. Participated in a roundtable with faculty and students and gave a lecture on AI in medicine at the JCB. Lovely dinner with good friends after capped a marvelous visit.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
In case this got lost in the weekend, please check out our new paper #philsci #bioethics #AI
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Just out, free and open access, “A Normative Framework for Artificial Intelligence as a Sociotechnical System in Healthcare” with @mdmccradden.bsky.social Shalmali Joshua and James Anderson. Extends the concept of an “intervention ensemble” to AI in medicine… www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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A normative framework for artificial intelligence as a sociotechnical system in healthcare
Reliable, beneficial use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine requires the evaluation of its performance and the conditions that are linked with relevant outcomes. Rather than narrowly focusing...
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Thoughtful new review of my book by Soren Holm in Clinical Trials, “This is […] undoubtedly one of the most important books about biomedical research ethics to appear in the last 20 years.” Still 1 copy left on Amazon! (PDF is free & OA) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Thoughtful new review of my book by Soren Holm in Clinical Trials, “This is […] undoubtedly one of the most important books about biomedical research ethics to appear in the last 20 years.” Still 1 copy left on Amazon! (PDF is free & OA) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
It’s difficult to explain to non-ethics people how much of my professional life is basically dealing with people who don’t see any value in ethics (because they don’t understand what it might be) but who feel forced to engage with me because of some external requirement.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
I just realized I’m giving a talk or doing some kind of presentation 6 of the next 7 days. I really need to replace the idiot who does my schedule 🙃
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
Wednesday we had the official ceremony conferring my new chair. Complete with physical 🪑. Honored to be recognized alongside @hoda-heidari.bsky.social and Brad Myers.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
“I know that we’re short of time but luckily time stands still when I’m talking.”
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Until they can show that the cyber truck offers protection from the arrows of outrageous fortune I’m still not interested.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
The most frightening thing I’ve ever seen is how people will treat one another. There is no need for devils and demons when you have seen the works of a callous heart.
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Please follow the @center4philsci.bsky.social. We will be posting about the events at the Center for Philosophy of Science at Pitt! Share widely. #PhilSky
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Daisy handing out candy on Halloween
A dog sits on a front porch between two carved pumpkins next to two bowls of candy.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
The best part of this story is that my daughter gets her first photo credit in the Wall Street Journal! www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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Forget the Podcast: Make Your Commute Productive
For many, the old standbys feel like a waste of time. Workers are instead embracing more meaningful activity on the go.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
I find this is true of my best collaborations—that they are part of a process of discovery that requires real trust and the ability to move outside of your own ego and to be open to being changed.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
The best part of this story is that my daughter gets her first photo credit in the Wall Street Journal! www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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Forget the Podcast: Make Your Commute Productive
For many, the old standbys feel like a waste of time. Workers are instead embracing more meaningful activity on the go.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Remember: Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Huge accomplishment: I just drilled out a stripped screw and replaced the cartridge in my shower faucet. No leaks so far. This calls for a celebratory drink I think.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Looking forward to giving this talk at the University of Toronto on Nov 15th www.eventbrite.ca/e/ethics-unc...
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Ethics, Uncertainty, and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Join us at JCB-WIHV Lecture series featuring Dr. Alex John London. Co-hosted by T-CAIREM.
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
Only one more week to apply to one of these two jobs at Pitt! Join us! Phil cognitive science and neuroscience. #philsky
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
I guess the game is to move on to the next amazing approach before people catch up to the burst bubbles from the inflated claims about yesterday’s amazing approach. At least they note that radiology is still alive and kicking (cough, Hinton) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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An AI revolution is brewing in medicine. What will it look like?
Emerging generalist models could overcome some limitations of first-generation machine-learning tools for clinical use. Emerging generalist models could overcome some limitations of first-generation m...
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Things you hear when people at conferences find out you work at CMU: Oh, so are you a Bayesian? Oh, so do you work on causal discovery?
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Being introduced for my plenary talk as part of the session on integrating AI and ML into research and clinical care: scientific and ethical challenges at The Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) hosted by the stem Cell Network
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Being introduced for my plenary talk as part of the session on integrating AI and ML into research and clinical care: scientific and ethical challenges at The Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) hosted by the stem Cell Network
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Movies should be rated “Kantian” or “non-Kantian”
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
This should be the fate of all these recycles. Move on, people! You can’t relive it!!
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Movies should be rated “Kantian” or “non-Kantian”
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Heading to Toronto tomorrow to participate in a plenary session Tuesday morning for The Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) hosted by the stem Cell Network on  integrating AI and ML into research and clinical care: scientific and ethical challenges.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
Preliminary Program and Information for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4, Dec. 14-15, 2023, 1-6pm GMT Online only, I'm co-hosting with Shelley Tremain, who has out the programme together @blavatnikschool.bsky.social biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2023/10/21/p...
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Preliminary Program and Information for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4, Dec. 14-15, 2023...
Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 comprises presentations by disabled philosophers whose cutting-edge research challenges members of the philosophical community to (1) think more critically ...
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
I just found out that I have been elected to the Board of Directors for PRIM&R – Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research.  My term begins January 1. I am looking forward to serving.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
WUT?!?!
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Christian B. Miller @charactergap.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
*Job Ad* We are hiring tenure-track in Social/Political Philosophy at Wake Forest University. Please share with anyone who might be interested! philjobs.org/job/show/24978
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Big Game Theory needs this chaos to vindicate their models! 😂
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Looking forward to talking about ethics and AI in medicine with @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social and @thehastingscenter.bsky.social in just a few minutes!! www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-cen...
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Can AI Promote Our Health & Well-Being?
by Microsoft Bing Image Generator powered by DALL·E 3 Medicine has been at the forefront of recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), from
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
there’s a nice paragraph in here about how copilot made an email sound like the user was enthusiastic about a project and happy to be involved, even though the user had not ready any of the associated emails.
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Microsoft's new AI assistant can go to meetings for you
The ChatGPT-style tech can take notes, write emails, and take care of other "drudgery".
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
If you think Hegel was engaging in hyperbole when he said history is the slaughterbench of human happiness, just watch the new Ken Burns, The American Buffalo. History is a horror show of cruelty and injustice.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Beginning the long journey home today. The upside is that the trip involves exactly 0 German trains! Wish me luck, friends.
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
We have two postdoc positions at the Center for Philosophy of Science at Pitt. Join us in this unique place for philosophy of science. Please share widely.
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Post Doctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh - PhilJobs:JFP Post Doctoral Associate, Univer...
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
In front of the building where Hegel lived as a student.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
In Tubingen to celebrate the career of my friend Urban Wiesing. What a beautiful city!!
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
It took a while, but I finally made it to dinner in Tubingen. Looking forward to the next two days.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
And of course this train is delayed! But that’s travel I guess.
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Canceled train and rain meant a challenging morning. But I’m in Düsseldorf, waiting for my train to Stuttgart 🤞 and hoping for not more surprises today!
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Day two, wonderful meetings at UCMC Utrecht with Maarten van Smeden and Rieke van der Graaf talking about ethics and AI
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Day two, wonderful meetings at UCMC Utrecht with Maarten van Smeden and Rieke van der Graaf talking about ethics and AI
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Alex John London @unityofvirtue.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Wonderful lunch today in beautiful Utrecht with my excellent host, @marcelverweij.bsky.social . Talks tomorrow before heading to Germany.
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