George Kourounis
@georgek.medsky.social
Gen Surgery Registrar & Clinical Research Fellow @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Blending HPB & Transplant Surgery with AI, Computer Vision & Data Science
#surgsky
Blending HPB & Transplant Surgery with AI, Computer Vision & Data Science
#surgsky
ESOT wants to make sure AI in transplantation addresses real-world clinical needs, starting by listening to those on the ground.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
ESOT is calling on transplant professionals, researchers & clinicians to contribute their perspectives on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transplantation!
Your feedback will directly inform ESOT’s forthcoming position paper 😄
@colinwilson2206.bsky.social
Your feedback will directly inform ESOT’s forthcoming position paper 😄
@colinwilson2206.bsky.social
Use of AI in Transplantation
go.esot.org
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
ESOT wants to make sure AI in transplantation addresses real-world clinical needs, starting by listening to those on the ground.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Please tell me again how the LLM will help me code better and faster.
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
April 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Please tell me again how the LLM will help me code better and faster.
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Tariffs on your spreadsheets.
April 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tariffs on your spreadsheets.
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Absolutely incredible photo choice here. A+
April 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Absolutely incredible photo choice here. A+
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🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
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Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.
by Stephen Miller
by Stephen Miller
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.
by Stephen Miller
by Stephen Miller
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Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.
April 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.
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❓Can we predict kidney viability before transplantation—non-invasively, in real time?
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
April 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
❓Can we predict kidney viability before transplantation—non-invasively, in real time?
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
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What about big data and AI?
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What about big data and AI?
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
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I wonder what would happen if my VA colleagues and I discussed patient data in a non-secure messaging app and one of us invited the editor of the @startribune.com in?
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
March 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I wonder what would happen if my VA colleagues and I discussed patient data in a non-secure messaging app and one of us invited the editor of the @startribune.com in?
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
March 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
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The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000.
👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.
👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.
March 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000.
👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.
👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.
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Just saw a rant from a neurologist about people who use the term “cerebrovascular accident” and everyday I’m reminded about how accurate my characters are
March 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just saw a rant from a neurologist about people who use the term “cerebrovascular accident” and everyday I’m reminded about how accurate my characters are
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For years I justified my twitter habit by saying, "I need to be here to promote my books and stuff like the Project for Awesome."
Without twitter, this year's p4a raised a record $3,700,000.
Without twitter, Everything Is Tuberculosis (a history of tuberculosis!) is outselling my previous book...
Without twitter, this year's p4a raised a record $3,700,000.
Without twitter, Everything Is Tuberculosis (a history of tuberculosis!) is outselling my previous book...
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For years I justified my twitter habit by saying, "I need to be here to promote my books and stuff like the Project for Awesome."
Without twitter, this year's p4a raised a record $3,700,000.
Without twitter, Everything Is Tuberculosis (a history of tuberculosis!) is outselling my previous book...
Without twitter, this year's p4a raised a record $3,700,000.
Without twitter, Everything Is Tuberculosis (a history of tuberculosis!) is outselling my previous book...
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Freedom of reach is the real battle in social media right now. Algorithmic feeds vs. deterministic timelines isn't just UX - it's about whether platforms or users control what gets seen. And these choices fundamentally reshape online communities. 1/6
March 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Freedom of reach is the real battle in social media right now. Algorithmic feeds vs. deterministic timelines isn't just UX - it's about whether platforms or users control what gets seen. And these choices fundamentally reshape online communities. 1/6
Happy to see this publication move out of Medium.
I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to learn about data science.
towardsdatascience.com/towards-data...
I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to learn about data science.
towardsdatascience.com/towards-data...
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February 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Happy to see this publication move out of Medium.
I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to learn about data science.
towardsdatascience.com/towards-data...
I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to learn about data science.
towardsdatascience.com/towards-data...
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Yup. By Bill Bramhall
February 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yup. By Bill Bramhall
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I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
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That’s how you write a headline, people.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That’s how you write a headline, people.
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Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?
February 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?