Deena Mousa
@deenamousa.com
Just out in @technologyreview.com: I look at the companies using AI to measure how much pain patients are in based on everything from involuntary facial movements, to heart rate, to peripheral temperature changes.
Will this oust the classic self-reported 1-10 scale?
Will this oust the classic self-reported 1-10 scale?
October 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just out in @technologyreview.com: I look at the companies using AI to measure how much pain patients are in based on everything from involuntary facial movements, to heart rate, to peripheral temperature changes.
Will this oust the classic self-reported 1-10 scale?
Will this oust the classic self-reported 1-10 scale?
A new paper in the Lancet finds that doctors got *worse* at finding precancerous growths during colonoscopies on their own if they had just spent three months using an AI assistive tool
Worrisome sign that deskilling may happen a lot faster than we'd expect.
Worrisome sign that deskilling may happen a lot faster than we'd expect.
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A new paper in the Lancet finds that doctors got *worse* at finding precancerous growths during colonoscopies on their own if they had just spent three months using an AI assistive tool
Worrisome sign that deskilling may happen a lot faster than we'd expect.
Worrisome sign that deskilling may happen a lot faster than we'd expect.
We also don't fully understand why many people experience phantom limb pain, and many others don't
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October 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We also don't fully understand why many people experience phantom limb pain, and many others don't
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New post: When can more automation mean more human workers?
One argument I made in my recent @worksinprogress.bsky.social piece is that if automation made reading scans quicker and cheaper, this might result in *more* jobs for radiologists, rather than fewer.
How does this apply to other jobs? 🧵
One argument I made in my recent @worksinprogress.bsky.social piece is that if automation made reading scans quicker and cheaper, this might result in *more* jobs for radiologists, rather than fewer.
How does this apply to other jobs? 🧵
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New post: When can more automation mean more human workers?
One argument I made in my recent @worksinprogress.bsky.social piece is that if automation made reading scans quicker and cheaper, this might result in *more* jobs for radiologists, rather than fewer.
How does this apply to other jobs? 🧵
One argument I made in my recent @worksinprogress.bsky.social piece is that if automation made reading scans quicker and cheaper, this might result in *more* jobs for radiologists, rather than fewer.
How does this apply to other jobs? 🧵
In 2016 Geoffrey Hinton said “we should stop training radiologists now" since AI would soon be better at their jobs.
He was right: models have outperformed radiologists on benchmarks for ~a decade.
Yet radiology jobs are at record highs, with an average salary of $520k.
Why?
He was right: models have outperformed radiologists on benchmarks for ~a decade.
Yet radiology jobs are at record highs, with an average salary of $520k.
Why?
September 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In 2016 Geoffrey Hinton said “we should stop training radiologists now" since AI would soon be better at their jobs.
He was right: models have outperformed radiologists on benchmarks for ~a decade.
Yet radiology jobs are at record highs, with an average salary of $520k.
Why?
He was right: models have outperformed radiologists on benchmarks for ~a decade.
Yet radiology jobs are at record highs, with an average salary of $520k.
Why?
I really enjoy Adam Mastroianni's Experimental History — I expect I'll like following some of the winners of his blog competition just as much! A few of my favorites in thread:
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I really enjoy Adam Mastroianni's Experimental History — I expect I'll like following some of the winners of his blog competition just as much! A few of my favorites in thread:
My contribution to the AI job destruction discourse: Why are radiologists still around?
September 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My contribution to the AI job destruction discourse: Why are radiologists still around?
I was recently surprised to learn how little we know about pain.
For example, Americans have been experiencing more chronic pain over time, and we're not entirely sure why 1/
For example, Americans have been experiencing more chronic pain over time, and we're not entirely sure why 1/
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I was recently surprised to learn how little we know about pain.
For example, Americans have been experiencing more chronic pain over time, and we're not entirely sure why 1/
For example, Americans have been experiencing more chronic pain over time, and we're not entirely sure why 1/
I heard we're talking about air conditioning again... my thoughts on the subject one year ago in @worksinprogress.bsky.social
www.worksinprogress.news/p/heat-waves
www.worksinprogress.news/p/heat-waves
July 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I heard we're talking about air conditioning again... my thoughts on the subject one year ago in @worksinprogress.bsky.social
www.worksinprogress.news/p/heat-waves
www.worksinprogress.news/p/heat-waves
AI art residencies are popping up.
In @theverge.com, I write about these programs and the artists in them. And, in my newsletter, I write about how interacting with tech in culture can shape perspectives before laws are written. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/the...
In @theverge.com, I write about these programs and the artists in them. And, in my newsletter, I write about how interacting with tech in culture can shape perspectives before laws are written. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/the...
The Verge (@theverge.com)
AI residencies are trying to change the conversation around artificial art
https://buff.ly/tx7V4fs
bsky.app
June 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
AI art residencies are popping up.
In @theverge.com, I write about these programs and the artists in them. And, in my newsletter, I write about how interacting with tech in culture can shape perspectives before laws are written. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/the...
In @theverge.com, I write about these programs and the artists in them. And, in my newsletter, I write about how interacting with tech in culture can shape perspectives before laws are written. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/the...
We treat QALYs as a uniform unit of measure, but every QALY may not be the same. We may care more about QALYs when we're sickest. This makes sense, given how we think about income increases, but isn't how we evaluate health.
I write about why in a new post, linked below.
I write about why in a new post, linked below.
June 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We treat QALYs as a uniform unit of measure, but every QALY may not be the same. We may care more about QALYs when we're sickest. This makes sense, given how we think about income increases, but isn't how we evaluate health.
I write about why in a new post, linked below.
I write about why in a new post, linked below.
Reposted by Deena Mousa
Great post by @deenamousa.com on the tricky concept of putting a price on life.
How much do people say they'd value an extra year in perfect health or without disease? And why does this vary between people, or different framings of the question?
How much do people say they'd value an extra year in perfect health or without disease? And why does this vary between people, or different framings of the question?
How much do you value a year of life?
Part 1: What people say
newsletter.deenamousa.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Great post by @deenamousa.com on the tricky concept of putting a price on life.
How much do people say they'd value an extra year in perfect health or without disease? And why does this vary between people, or different framings of the question?
How much do people say they'd value an extra year in perfect health or without disease? And why does this vary between people, or different framings of the question?
How much is a year of your life worth?
In Denmark, the average answer is $24,000. In Japan, it’s about $67,000.
New post up on what we say when asked to put a price on life. 🧵
In Denmark, the average answer is $24,000. In Japan, it’s about $67,000.
New post up on what we say when asked to put a price on life. 🧵
May 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
How much is a year of your life worth?
In Denmark, the average answer is $24,000. In Japan, it’s about $67,000.
New post up on what we say when asked to put a price on life. 🧵
In Denmark, the average answer is $24,000. In Japan, it’s about $67,000.
New post up on what we say when asked to put a price on life. 🧵
Could we catch the next outbreak before anyone gets sick?
I wrote for @asimovpress.bsky.social about airborne biosensors that can detect viruses in real time and why, despite their promise, we’re not using them yet.
I wrote for @asimovpress.bsky.social about airborne biosensors that can detect viruses in real time and why, despite their promise, we’re not using them yet.
May 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Could we catch the next outbreak before anyone gets sick?
I wrote for @asimovpress.bsky.social about airborne biosensors that can detect viruses in real time and why, despite their promise, we’re not using them yet.
I wrote for @asimovpress.bsky.social about airborne biosensors that can detect viruses in real time and why, despite their promise, we’re not using them yet.
As a resident of NYC, I am no stranger to noise. Often, we try to let traffic or construction fade into the background and consider it a nuisance. But could it be driving serious health issues?
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As a resident of NYC, I am no stranger to noise. Often, we try to let traffic or construction fade into the background and consider it a nuisance. But could it be driving serious health issues?
Snakebite kills tens of thousands of people a year and disables hundreds of thousands more. Anti-venom research has barely progressed in decades.
This study, using antibodies from a man who deliberately let snakes bite him 200 times, suggests a path to a universal anti-venom. 🧵
This study, using antibodies from a man who deliberately let snakes bite him 200 times, suggests a path to a universal anti-venom. 🧵
May 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Snakebite kills tens of thousands of people a year and disables hundreds of thousands more. Anti-venom research has barely progressed in decades.
This study, using antibodies from a man who deliberately let snakes bite him 200 times, suggests a path to a universal anti-venom. 🧵
This study, using antibodies from a man who deliberately let snakes bite him 200 times, suggests a path to a universal anti-venom. 🧵
New post about a few "big if true" health interventions that might be much more important than we think. They’re strange, they’re striking - and they need more research.
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New post about a few "big if true" health interventions that might be much more important than we think. They’re strange, they’re striking - and they need more research.
New post! Ghibli filters, dopamine apps, frictionless AI — we’re getting better at giving ourselves exactly what we want. What does progress look like when reality itself can be remade to match our desires? 🧵
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New post! Ghibli filters, dopamine apps, frictionless AI — we’re getting better at giving ourselves exactly what we want. What does progress look like when reality itself can be remade to match our desires? 🧵
Reposted by Deena Mousa
📠 New Substack post 📠
How do the politics and economics of 'Abundance' work in Britain, compared to America?
notes.archie-hall.com/p/can-the-br...
How do the politics and economics of 'Abundance' work in Britain, compared to America?
notes.archie-hall.com/p/can-the-br...
Can the Brits have Abundance too?
🇬🇧 Transposing the the Abundance agenda to Britain 🇬🇧
notes.archie-hall.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
📠 New Substack post 📠
How do the politics and economics of 'Abundance' work in Britain, compared to America?
notes.archie-hall.com/p/can-the-br...
How do the politics and economics of 'Abundance' work in Britain, compared to America?
notes.archie-hall.com/p/can-the-br...
Reposted by Deena Mousa
👀 The case for strange & seemingly impractical research
💬 “Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — & continues to pay for itself many times over.”
✍️ @deenamousa.com & @lgilbert.co @asteriskmag.bsky.social
💬 “Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — & continues to pay for itself many times over.”
✍️ @deenamousa.com & @lgilbert.co @asteriskmag.bsky.social
A Defense of Weird Research—Asterisk
Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — and continues to pay for itself many times over.
knowmag.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
👀 The case for strange & seemingly impractical research
💬 “Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — & continues to pay for itself many times over.”
✍️ @deenamousa.com & @lgilbert.co @asteriskmag.bsky.social
💬 “Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — & continues to pay for itself many times over.”
✍️ @deenamousa.com & @lgilbert.co @asteriskmag.bsky.social
Great to be at the Abundance book launch with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & @dkthomp.bsky.social in NYC last night. A core, striking idea from the book: The U.S. isn’t failing to solve housing, healthcare, and energy shortages because it can’t. It’s failing because it won’t. 🧵
March 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Great to be at the Abundance book launch with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & @dkthomp.bsky.social in NYC last night. A core, striking idea from the book: The U.S. isn’t failing to solve housing, healthcare, and energy shortages because it can’t. It’s failing because it won’t. 🧵
Working paper out this week looks at the effect of congestion pricing on travel using Google Maps data and finds a 15% speed increase within the central business district
March 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Working paper out this week looks at the effect of congestion pricing on travel using Google Maps data and finds a 15% speed increase within the central business district
Excited that Open Philanthropy is expanding our work on economic growth and scientific progress.
The case for the Abundance & Growth Fund is simple: Economic growth isn’t just about GDP—it’s one of the most powerful forces for improving human lives. 🧵
The case for the Abundance & Growth Fund is simple: Economic growth isn’t just about GDP—it’s one of the most powerful forces for improving human lives. 🧵
Exciting update: @open_phil is doubling down on our YIMBY, innovation, and metascience success by launching a >$120m Abundance & Growth Fund to accelerate economic growth and boost scientific & technological progress. Funding from @goodventures.bsky.social, Patrick Collison, and others.
Why now? 🧵
Why now? 🧵
March 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Excited that Open Philanthropy is expanding our work on economic growth and scientific progress.
The case for the Abundance & Growth Fund is simple: Economic growth isn’t just about GDP—it’s one of the most powerful forces for improving human lives. 🧵
The case for the Abundance & Growth Fund is simple: Economic growth isn’t just about GDP—it’s one of the most powerful forces for improving human lives. 🧵
Every year, we waste enough food to feed the world’s hungry—several times over.
Globally, 30-40% of food produced—1.3 billion tons—is never eaten. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions still starve. How did we end up here? 🧵
Globally, 30-40% of food produced—1.3 billion tons—is never eaten. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions still starve. How did we end up here? 🧵
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Every year, we waste enough food to feed the world’s hungry—several times over.
Globally, 30-40% of food produced—1.3 billion tons—is never eaten. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions still starve. How did we end up here? 🧵
Globally, 30-40% of food produced—1.3 billion tons—is never eaten. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions still starve. How did we end up here? 🧵
New York City just launched the first congestion pricing program in the U.S. Drivers entering Manhattan south of 60th Street now pay up to $15 per trip. It’s controversial, but cities that have tried it have seen less traffic, better air quality, and more funding for transit. 🧵
March 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New York City just launched the first congestion pricing program in the U.S. Drivers entering Manhattan south of 60th Street now pay up to $15 per trip. It’s controversial, but cities that have tried it have seen less traffic, better air quality, and more funding for transit. 🧵