Michael Sobolev
@michaelsobolev.bsky.social
behavioral design + data science + digital tech. Living between NYC and LA. I drink coffee and I randomize things. Tweets are mostly random thoughts. https://www.michaelsobolev.com
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🎉 New preprint “Acceptance of Medical Artificial Intelligence and the Effect of ChatGPT”. Nearly half of U.S. adults had heard of ChatGPT, and about 25% used it. When it comes to trusting AI for medical diagnosis as much as or more than a human expert? Only 15% said yes
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After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
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Most Americans are wary of relying entirely on AI to make a diagnosis, but they're more optimistic about its potential to help clinicians detect cancer.
USC Schaeffer's @michaelsobolev.bsky.social discusses his new research on patient trust in AI with @medicaleconomics.bsky.social.
USC Schaeffer's @michaelsobolev.bsky.social discusses his new research on patient trust in AI with @medicaleconomics.bsky.social.
Patients trust physicians over AI for diagnosis but see a role in cancer detection, survey finds | Medical Economics
Most Americans remain cautious about AI diagnosing them on its own, but views improve when the tech assists clinicians.
www.medicaleconomics.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Most Americans are wary of relying entirely on AI to make a diagnosis, but they're more optimistic about its potential to help clinicians detect cancer.
USC Schaeffer's @michaelsobolev.bsky.social discusses his new research on patient trust in AI with @medicaleconomics.bsky.social.
USC Schaeffer's @michaelsobolev.bsky.social discusses his new research on patient trust in AI with @medicaleconomics.bsky.social.
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IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
🎉 New preprint “Acceptance of Medical Artificial Intelligence and the Effect of ChatGPT”. Nearly half of U.S. adults had heard of ChatGPT, and about 25% used it. When it comes to trusting AI for medical diagnosis as much as or more than a human expert? Only 15% said yes
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🎉 New preprint “Acceptance of Medical Artificial Intelligence and the Effect of ChatGPT”. Nearly half of U.S. adults had heard of ChatGPT, and about 25% used it. When it comes to trusting AI for medical diagnosis as much as or more than a human expert? Only 15% said yes
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3rd International Conference “Integrity, Open Science and Artificial Intelligence in Academia and Beyond: Meeting at the Crossroads”
December 17-18
Online & Free
Call for abstracts and registration: armgpublishing.com/3rd-internat...
December 17-18
Online & Free
Call for abstracts and registration: armgpublishing.com/3rd-internat...
3rd International Conference “Integrity, Open Science and Artificial Intelligence in Academia and Beyond: Meeting at the Crossroads” | ArmgPublishing3rd International Conference “Integrity, Open Scien...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
3rd International Conference “Integrity, Open Science and Artificial Intelligence in Academia and Beyond: Meeting at the Crossroads”
December 17-18
Online & Free
Call for abstracts and registration: armgpublishing.com/3rd-internat...
December 17-18
Online & Free
Call for abstracts and registration: armgpublishing.com/3rd-internat...
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
🚨 New @jmirpub.bsky.social paper analyzing EHR-linked wearable data from 8,616 patients using survival models to understand long-term engagement.
68% of patients were still engaged at 1 year after first connecting a device. Other results in the paper:
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e78507
68% of patients were still engaged at 1 year after first connecting a device. Other results in the paper:
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e78507
Predicting Engagement Patterns With Connected Wearable Devices in a Health System: Survival Analysis
Background: The rapid advancement and widespread adoption of wearable devices provide opportunities to collect longitudinal objective activity and health data and integrate the information directly in...
www.jmir.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨 New @jmirpub.bsky.social paper analyzing EHR-linked wearable data from 8,616 patients using survival models to understand long-term engagement.
68% of patients were still engaged at 1 year after first connecting a device. Other results in the paper:
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e78507
68% of patients were still engaged at 1 year after first connecting a device. Other results in the paper:
www.jmir.org/2025/1/e78507
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
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Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Michael Sobolev
Combining gamified cognitive training and walking (Walk and Play): A pilot study: http://osf.io/xpy7d_v1/
February 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Combining gamified cognitive training and walking (Walk and Play): A pilot study: http://osf.io/xpy7d_v1/
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The most popular item in our newsletter last week was this post, from Sandeep Patel, on "20 Things We Should Redesign in 2025 for a Healthier, More Secure World."
humanityhealth.substack.com
humanityhealth.substack.com
Humanity Health | Sandeep Patel | Substack
Exploration of how we can build companies of the future that can safeguard our collective wellbeing. Click to read Humanity Health, by Sandeep Patel, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
humanityhealth.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The most popular item in our newsletter last week was this post, from Sandeep Patel, on "20 Things We Should Redesign in 2025 for a Healthier, More Secure World."
humanityhealth.substack.com
humanityhealth.substack.com