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June 13, 2025

Protecting the vulnerable, or automating harm? AI’s double-edged role in spotting abuse

(The Conversation) – When thoughtfully implemented, AI tools have the potential to enhance safety and efficiency. For instance, predictive models have assisted social workers to prioritize high-risk cases and intervene earlier. But as a social worker with 15 years of … Read More

Posted by Bioethics Pundit

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Medical Tourism, News, Op-Ed, Pediatric



 
 

June 12, 2025

The Gentle Singularity

(Sam Altman’s Blog) – We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence, and at least so far it’s much less weird than it seems like it should be. Robots are not … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, News, Op-Ed



 
 

June 12, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg has created the saddest place on the internet with Meta AI’s public feed

(Business Insider) – Meta’s stand-alone AI app launched in late April, and like many people, my first thought was, “Huh?” After trying it out a little, my next thought was, “Oh no.” A few weeks later, after the initial surge … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Informed Consent, Mental Health, News, Op-Ed



 
 

June 11, 2025

New York’s Assisted-Suicide Mistake

(Wall Street Journal) – Gov. Kathy Hochul can veto a law with few safeguards and no waiting period. New York’s Legislature embraces every progressive cause, and the latest is making it easier for people to kill themselves. The state Senate … Read More

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Posted in Euthanasia / Suicide, News, Op-Ed, Public Policy



 
 

June 10, 2025

When they chose to die together, my grandparents wrote the final chapter of a love story spanning 70 years

(The Guardian) – Nan held my hand, convincing me this was what they wanted. I felt like a little girl, crying and being comforted by my grandmother one last time In their final moments, Ron and Irene lay together in … Read More

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Posted in Euthanasia / Suicide, Geriatric & Aging, News, Op-Ed



 
 

June 10, 2025

A Computer Wrote My Mother’s Obituary

(The Atlantic) – As a professional writer, my first thought was that this would be unnecessary, at best. At worst, it would be an outrage. The philosopher Martin Heidegger held that someone’s death is a thing that is truly their … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, End of Life, News, Op-Ed



 
 

June 10, 2025

The Self-Diagnosis Epidemic in Teens

(MedPage Today) – The risks of social media-driven self-diagnosis extend beyond simple misinformation. Patients may engage in inappropriate self-treatment based on misdiagnosis, or experience a nocebo effect where expected symptoms begin to manifest simply because they anticipate them. Perhaps most … Read More

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Mental Health, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed, Pediatric



 
 

June 9, 2025

Love Is a Drug. A.I. Chatbots Are Exploiting That.

(New York Times) – Many experts argue that addiction is, in essence, love gone awry: a singular passion directed destructively at a substance or activity rather than an appropriate person. With the advent of A.I. companions — including some intended … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, Mental Health, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed



 
 

June 9, 2025

Can a robot help you age better?

(The Conversation) – As more of us live longer, can robots help us maintain healthier, more independent and dignified lives? The robots I’ve been studying are friendly, helpful machines that can talk, remind, monitor – and even offer a form … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, Geriatric & Aging, News, Op-Ed



 
 

May 30, 2025

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max

(The Guardian) – I’ve thought a lot about why I’m writing this. I know that I’m repelled by the kind of spiritual vultures who might scour Max’s story for shareable aphorisms, and that ideally, I’d like to slap them with … Read More

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Posted in Disability Ethics, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed, Pediatric



 
 

May 30, 2025

Conversations With Claude

(The Hedgehog Review) – What a psychotherapist learned during his chats with a large language model. Under intellectual, logical, and ethical pressure, Claude began producing responses that mimicked the structure of introspection. It examined its own phrasing. It noted its … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed



 
 

May 27, 2025

Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down

(TIME) – An open letter published today calls for “all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.” This 6-month moratorium would be better than no moratorium. I have … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, highlights, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed



 
 

May 26, 2025

I’m a Black Doctor. I Nearly Died Giving Birth.

(MedPage Today) – Despite my medical credentials, my concerns were dismissed. It took my husband calling my doctor directly to save my life. I was hemorrhaging internally, requiring multiple blood transfusions and a 2-week hospital stay. My family feared they … Read More

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Human Dignity, News, Op-Ed, Reproductive Ethics, Women's Health



 
 

May 26, 2025

The FDA Plans to Limit Access to Covid Vaccines. Here’s Why That’s Not All Bad.

(MIT Technology Review) – This week, two new leaders at the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to limit access to covid vaccines, arguing that there is not much evidence to support the value of annual shots in healthy … Read More

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Posted in Covid-19, highlights, News, Op-Ed, Pharma, Public Health



 
 

May 23, 2025

Can you upload a human mind into a computer? A neuroscientist ponders what’s possible

(The Conversation) – Doable? Theoretically, mind uploading should be possible. Still, you may wonder how it could happen. After all, researchers have barely begun to understand the brain. Yet science has a track record of turning theoretical possibilities into reality. … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed



 
 

May 23, 2025

ChatGPT Is a Gimmick

(The Hedgehog Review) – AI cannot save us from the effort of learning to live and die. Tot up the overeager salesmen, the questionable prophecies, and the clearly exorbitant costs, and it becomes clear: AI is not revolutionary. It’s a … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, highlights, News, Op-Ed



 
 

May 22, 2025

Parliament must reject the assisted dying bill

(The Critic) – The potential for inhuman cruelty that it contains is vast The supporters of the assisted dying bill did not merely dismiss or ignore the incredibly cogent and powerful arguments made by its critics, they seemed not even … Read More

Posted by Bioethics Pundit

Posted in Disability Ethics, Euthanasia / Suicide, News, Op-Ed, Public Policy



 
 

May 19, 2025

I went to a ‘longevity doctor’ to find out how to biohack my health and live forever

(The Independent) – Yet longevity isn’t, claim its more mainstream advocates, just for the 0.1 per cent – nor is it a “trend” or “fad”. It’s a proactive and personal approach to health that focuses on extending lifespan and improving … Read More

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Human Enhancement, News, Op-Ed



 
 

May 19, 2025

CHT Statement in Response to State Moratorium on AI Legislation

(Center for Humane Technology) – Right now, Congress is trying to stop state-level AI laws in the United States – for the next 10 years. The House Energy and Commerce committee passed a provision this week that proposes a sweeping … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, highlights, News, Op-Ed, Public Policy



 
 

May 16, 2025

Permission to be ill

(Aeon) – It took months for my functional neurological disorder to finally be diagnosed. It’s a condition that must be recognised In my case, neurologist #4 noticed that if I performed certain complex tasks that distracted me, such as moving … Read More

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, highlights, Informed Consent, Mental Health, Neuroethics, News, Op-Ed, Pharma



 
 

May 14, 2025

New York’s euthanasia bill targets me Suicide-by-doctor cheapens disabled lives

(Unherd) – Last September, I found myself — confused, groggy, and irritable — staring into the surgical dome light of my local hospital’s emergency room. The doctor and my parents at my bedside informed me that I had been found … Read More

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Posted in Disability Ethics, Euthanasia / Suicide, highlights, News, Op-Ed, Public Policy



 
 

May 12, 2025

There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This

(New York Times) – The New York bill defines “aid in dying” as a medical practice. If a patient qualifies, a doctor can prescribe a lethal dose of drugs that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life. … Read More

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Posted in Clinical / Medical, Euthanasia / Suicide, highlights, News, Op-Ed, Public Policy



 
 

May 5, 2025

Protecting Life Means Protecting Death

(The Dispatch) – Multiple U.S. states have considered or are considering medical assistance in dying (MAiD) laws this year, while a yearslong debate over physician-assisted suicide is playing out in the United Kingdom too. For today’s newsletter, Dispatch Contributing Writer … Read More

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Posted in Euthanasia / Suicide, News, Op-Ed, Public Policy



 
 

April 30, 2025

I Recorded Everything I Said for Three Months. AI Has Replaced My Memory.

(Wall Street Journal) – The Bee, Limitless and Plaud wearables record everything you say and use AI to provide summaries, to-do’s—and a slightly terrifying glimpse of the future No, I’m not an FBI informant. I willingly wore a $50 Bee Pioneer bracelet … Read More

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Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, highlights, News, Op-Ed



 
 

April 29, 2025

Here’s why we need to start thinking of AI as “normal”

(MIT Technology Review) – As technologists frame AI as either utopian or dystopian, two researchers offer a third option. So against this backdrop, a recent essay by two AI researchers at Princeton felt quite provocative. Arvind Narayanan, who directs the university’s Center … Read More

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