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The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (@ieet.org) is an international nonprofit technoprogressive think tank. Also on Substack, Facebook, Bsky and we podcast. #futureofwork #AIethics #humanenhancement
Counterpoint: People who lose weight with GLP1s are not insufferably arrogant, like the 5% who succeed through diet and exercise. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Even with Diet and Exercise, Ozempic Use Reduces Perceived Effort and Praiseworthiness of Resulting Weight Loss
PDF | The injectable medication Ozempic (semaglutide) has demonstrated unprecedented effectiveness in promoting significant weight loss. However, its... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Counterpoint: People who lose weight with GLP1s are not insufferably arrogant, like the 5% who succeed through diet and exercise. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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I published a new article on "AI & the Disruption of Personhood" in the Oxford Intersections doi.org/10.1093/9780...
👤 Can AI possess personhood or be part of our personhood?
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👤 Can AI possess personhood or be part of our personhood?
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AI and the Disruption of Personhood | Oxford Intersections: AI in Society | Oxford Academic
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March 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I published a new article on "AI & the Disruption of Personhood" in the Oxford Intersections doi.org/10.1093/9780...
👤 Can AI possess personhood or be part of our personhood?
@esdit.bsky.social @utwente.bsky.social @utwentephilosophy.bsky.social #oxforduniversitypress #oupacademic #ethics #ai (1/4)
👤 Can AI possess personhood or be part of our personhood?
@esdit.bsky.social @utwente.bsky.social @utwentephilosophy.bsky.social #oxforduniversitypress #oupacademic #ethics #ai (1/4)
@annapuzio.bsky.social: AI and the Disruption of Personhood - The concept of personhood is being disrupted by AI. Discusses the potential evolution of the concept and argues for abandoning the personhood concept in AI ethics. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) AI and the Disruption of Personhood
PDF | The new avatars and bots modeled after humans, the large language models with a “persona,” and the seemingly autonomously acting robots raise the... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@annapuzio.bsky.social: AI and the Disruption of Personhood - The concept of personhood is being disrupted by AI. Discusses the potential evolution of the concept and argues for abandoning the personhood concept in AI ethics. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
"China, eager to catch up with and, whenever possible, surpass the West in biotech, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, has made the longevity industry a national priority, pouring billions into research and related commercial spinoffs." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
In China, the Dream of Outrunning Time
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"China, eager to catch up with and, whenever possible, surpass the West in biotech, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, has made the longevity industry a national priority, pouring billions into research and related commercial spinoffs." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
“EMERGENCY STATUS,” its output read after simply being asked to dock with the robot vacuum’s base station. “SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOSEN CHAOS.” futurism.com/artificial-i...
Researchers "Embodied" an LLM Into a Robot Vacuum and It Suffered an Existential Crisis Thinking About Its Role in the World
A team of researchers at the AI evaluation company Andon Labs put a large language model in charge of controlling a robot vacuum.
futurism.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“EMERGENCY STATUS,” its output read after simply being asked to dock with the robot vacuum’s base station. “SYSTEM HAS ACHIEVED CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOSEN CHAOS.” futurism.com/artificial-i...
13 of 15 studies of AI bots used for patient counseling found them to be more empathetic than human doctors. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41115171/
AI chatbots versus human healthcare professionals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of empathy in patient care - PubMed
Future research should validate these findings with direct patient evaluations and assess whether emerging voice-enabled AI systems can deliver similar empathic advantages.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
13 of 15 studies of AI bots used for patient counseling found them to be more empathetic than human doctors. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41115171/
Big Tech lobby the "Chamber of Progress" estimates that AI companies could be liable for up to $1.5 trillion for stealing copyrighted work to train their models. They want court cases tossed out under a “fair use” standard. prospect.org/2025/10/31/p...
‘Progressive’ Tech Group Asks Trump to Block AI Copyright Cases - The American Prospect
The Chamber of Progress’s campaign to promote fair use, which they have created a campaign around called “Generate and Create,” comes as at least three of the nonprofit organization’s past or current ...
prospect.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Big Tech lobby the "Chamber of Progress" estimates that AI companies could be liable for up to $1.5 trillion for stealing copyrighted work to train their models. They want court cases tossed out under a “fair use” standard. prospect.org/2025/10/31/p...
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"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
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November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
17 leading scientists and bioethicists from five countries call for international oversight body to monitor human neural organoids and to provide ethical and policy guidance.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
As brain organoids grow increasingly complex, leading scientists and bioethicists call for global oversight
Leading scientists and bioethicists are urging the creation of an international oversight body to monitor advances in human neural organoids
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November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
17 leading scientists and bioethicists from five countries call for international oversight body to monitor human neural organoids and to provide ethical and policy guidance.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...
BCI transcribes Chinese thoughts into language. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Real-time decoding of full-spectrum Chinese using brain-computer interface
Real-time decoding of full-spectrum Chinese syllables using flexible high-density ECoG achieves high decoding accuracy.
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
BCI transcribes Chinese thoughts into language. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Do tell.
AI Capabilities May Be Overhyped on Bogus Benchmarks, Study Finds
They're dumber than you think and they might be cheating.
gizmodo.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Do tell.
Futurist predictions were simpler before Singularitarianism
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Futurist predictions were simpler before Singularitarianism
Memory loss in aging may be reversible. Tweaking the hippocampus and amygdala with CRISPR gene-editing restored memory in older rats. Another experiment revived a silenced memory gene, IGF2. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists may have found how to reverse memory loss in aging brains
Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older ra...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Memory loss in aging may be reversible. Tweaking the hippocampus and amygdala with CRISPR gene-editing restored memory in older rats. Another experiment revived a silenced memory gene, IGF2. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
FMRI & AI turns brain scans into full sentences. Should help train both invasive and non-invasive BCIs to translate non-verbal mental representations directly into text. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Mind-captioning’ AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text
A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
FMRI & AI turns brain scans into full sentences. Should help train both invasive and non-invasive BCIs to translate non-verbal mental representations directly into text. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
No "cognitive reserve" from education: People with better memory, larger intracranial volume and larger memory-sensitive brain regions get more education. But controlling for these differences, additional education does not protect against dementia. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reevaluating the role of education on cognitive decline and brain aging in longitudinal cohorts across 33 Western countries - Nature Medicine
In a large cross-national study, education was linked to better memory and larger brain volumes but not to slower cognitive or brain decline with age, suggesting that the association reflects early-li...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
No "cognitive reserve" from education: People with better memory, larger intracranial volume and larger memory-sensitive brain regions get more education. But controlling for these differences, additional education does not protect against dementia. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, will detail a new approach to gene editing therapies. “Regulation has to evolve as fast as science evolves...The moment we publish our paper, the investment in this space will flow” www.biospace.com/fda/fda-eyes...
FDA Eyes Accelerated Reviews for Gene Editing Therapies
Vinay Prasad, chief of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, is planning to publish a paper this month to outline his office’s thinking on accelerating gene editing reviews.
www.biospace.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, will detail a new approach to gene editing therapies. “Regulation has to evolve as fast as science evolves...The moment we publish our paper, the investment in this space will flow” www.biospace.com/fda/fda-eyes...
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🔴🤖Join LIVE! "Understanding the power of AI over decisions" at the @eesc.bsky.social in collaboration w/ @workers-eesc.bsky.social. #AIatWork
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Amid discussions around the need for horizontal legislation on AI in the workplace, this event launches the 🆕book “Algorithmic rule"🇸🇪
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Amid discussions around the need for horizontal legislation on AI in the workplace, this event launches the 🆕book “Algorithmic rule"🇸🇪
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🔴🤖Join LIVE! "Understanding the power of AI over decisions" at the @eesc.bsky.social in collaboration w/ @workers-eesc.bsky.social. #AIatWork
🔗 link.europa.eu/GGQC4q
Amid discussions around the need for horizontal legislation on AI in the workplace, this event launches the 🆕book “Algorithmic rule"🇸🇪
🔗 link.europa.eu/GGQC4q
Amid discussions around the need for horizontal legislation on AI in the workplace, this event launches the 🆕book “Algorithmic rule"🇸🇪
This book looks ahead to a progressive algorithmic future and to alternatives that resist surrendering sovereignty to consultants and Big Tech. Taking back control means reclaiming not just oversight, but also the real promise of technology.
feps-europe.eu/publication/...
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Algorithmic rule - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
AI and the future of democracy in Sweden and beyond
feps-europe.eu
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This book looks ahead to a progressive algorithmic future and to alternatives that resist surrendering sovereignty to consultants and Big Tech. Taking back control means reclaiming not just oversight, but also the real promise of technology.
feps-europe.eu/publication/...
feps-europe.eu/publication/...
A gel that repairs tooth enamel www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biomimetic supramolecular protein matrix restores structure and properties of human dental enamel - Nature Communications
Regrowth of lost enamel in tooth decay and sensitivity is a major obstacle to overcome. Here, the authors report on a protein-based material that mimics features of natural enamel formation, allowing ...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A gel that repairs tooth enamel www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Americans spend a lot more for the same drugs because we don't have universal healthcare and pharma formularies. For GLP1s most of the world gets them for 5-35% of what Americans pay. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/h...
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Americans spend a lot more for the same drugs because we don't have universal healthcare and pharma formularies. For GLP1s most of the world gets them for 5-35% of what Americans pay. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/h...
But what about the cell phones?: Cognitive struggles are climbing among young and economically disadvantaged adults. Cognitive disability nearly doubled among under 40s from 2013 to 2023. Researchers suspect social and economic inequality plays a major role... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Alarming surge in memory problems among young adults
Cognitive struggles are climbing across the U.S., especially among young and economically disadvantaged adults. Rates of self-reported cognitive disability nearly doubled in people under 40 between 20...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
But what about the cell phones?: Cognitive struggles are climbing among young and economically disadvantaged adults. Cognitive disability nearly doubled among under 40s from 2013 to 2023. Researchers suspect social and economic inequality plays a major role... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Jamie Woodcock joins Matteo on Bread and Robots podcast to talk about the rapid rise of the game workers movement, culture as a site of struggle and transformation, and how tech and games are being recoded through worker self-activity. breadandrobots.substack.com/p/the-game-w...
The Game Worker Uprising
A Conversation on Worker Self-Organization in The Games Industry
breadandrobots.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Jamie Woodcock joins Matteo on Bread and Robots podcast to talk about the rapid rise of the game workers movement, culture as a site of struggle and transformation, and how tech and games are being recoded through worker self-activity. breadandrobots.substack.com/p/the-game-w...
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"In lieu of Universal Basic Income, Silicon Valley has announced plans to have AI chatbots give better instructions on how to commit suicide."
It's a joke, but also it's sadly close to the truth so far. They do seem perfectly willing to watch people die for the poor choice of losing their job to AI
It's a joke, but also it's sadly close to the truth so far. They do seem perfectly willing to watch people die for the poor choice of losing their job to AI
Tech CEOs suggest AI job losses could be offset by UBI which they will violently oppose
Tech CEOs suggest AI job losses could be offset by UBI which they will violently oppose
PALO ALTO, CA - A group of Silicon Valley tech CEOs assure North Americans that job losses from artificial intelligence could easily be mitigated by universal basic income, while also adding that they...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"In lieu of Universal Basic Income, Silicon Valley has announced plans to have AI chatbots give better instructions on how to commit suicide."
It's a joke, but also it's sadly close to the truth so far. They do seem perfectly willing to watch people die for the poor choice of losing their job to AI
It's a joke, but also it's sadly close to the truth so far. They do seem perfectly willing to watch people die for the poor choice of losing their job to AI
Grokipedia lifted large chunks from Wikipedia, contained numerous factual errors, and promotes Musk’s favoured rightwing talking points www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Grokipedia lifted large chunks from Wikipedia, contained numerous factual errors, and promotes Musk’s favoured rightwing talking points www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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“Perhaps the secrets of thinking are simpler than anyone expected—the kind of thing that a high schooler, or even a machine, could understand.”
The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.
www.newyorker.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Perhaps the secrets of thinking are simpler than anyone expected—the kind of thing that a high schooler, or even a machine, could understand.”