Jared Smith
@jaredsmith.bsky.social
Personal account. Silly guy.
philosopher, clinical ethicist. Interested in OCD, bipolar disorder, bioethics, agency, psychiatry, clinical ethics, and AI/ML in medicine.
Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer etc.
philosopher, clinical ethicist. Interested in OCD, bipolar disorder, bioethics, agency, psychiatry, clinical ethics, and AI/ML in medicine.
Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer etc.
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this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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💚 board games 💚
"Dr Atherton said: "Our research has shown they [board games] can enhance wellbeing, foster inclusion, and support learning, with strong evidence that games improve engagement and social connection for neurodivergent individuals compared to other activities."
"Dr Atherton said: "Our research has shown they [board games] can enhance wellbeing, foster inclusion, and support learning, with strong evidence that games improve engagement and social connection for neurodivergent individuals compared to other activities."
Study explores wellbeing impact of board games
Researchers find games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Dixit can lead to a boost in confidence.
www.bbc.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
💚 board games 💚
"Dr Atherton said: "Our research has shown they [board games] can enhance wellbeing, foster inclusion, and support learning, with strong evidence that games improve engagement and social connection for neurodivergent individuals compared to other activities."
"Dr Atherton said: "Our research has shown they [board games] can enhance wellbeing, foster inclusion, and support learning, with strong evidence that games improve engagement and social connection for neurodivergent individuals compared to other activities."
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December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Who, him? That’s Old Langson. Word is, if you don’t keep your resolutions he’ll kill you
December 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Who, him? That’s Old Langson. Word is, if you don’t keep your resolutions he’ll kill you
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Today through Thursday there is a 25% at Barnes & Noble on pre-orders including this collection of work from The Intima, a journal publishing fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction + art, founded & run by graduates of the Narrative Medicine program at Columbia.
(I have a poem in it, too!)
(I have a poem in it, too!)
Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine|Paperback
Candid literary accounts from frontline health care workers shed light on the challenges and triumphs of working in medicine, in this testament to human resilience, ingenuity, and compassion.Health ca...
www.barnesandnoble.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Today through Thursday there is a 25% at Barnes & Noble on pre-orders including this collection of work from The Intima, a journal publishing fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction + art, founded & run by graduates of the Narrative Medicine program at Columbia.
(I have a poem in it, too!)
(I have a poem in it, too!)
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The come back of pertussis and Measles is only the beginning of the resurgence of preventable infectious diseases in the US. This has been one of the biggest public health failures of 2025 and the competition is tough.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...
The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year. Here’s what you need to know | CNN
For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The come back of pertussis and Measles is only the beginning of the resurgence of preventable infectious diseases in the US. This has been one of the biggest public health failures of 2025 and the competition is tough.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/h...
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Invited speaker lineup is out for SPP 2026! More information on the meeting here: www.socphilpsych.org/meetings.html
Submissions accepted until Jan 16! Come hang in Baltimore; conference is at Johns Hopkins from June 17-20, 2026!
@socphilpsych.bsky.social
@joshrottman.bsky.social
#SPP2026
Submissions accepted until Jan 16! Come hang in Baltimore; conference is at Johns Hopkins from June 17-20, 2026!
@socphilpsych.bsky.social
@joshrottman.bsky.social
#SPP2026
December 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Invited speaker lineup is out for SPP 2026! More information on the meeting here: www.socphilpsych.org/meetings.html
Submissions accepted until Jan 16! Come hang in Baltimore; conference is at Johns Hopkins from June 17-20, 2026!
@socphilpsych.bsky.social
@joshrottman.bsky.social
#SPP2026
Submissions accepted until Jan 16! Come hang in Baltimore; conference is at Johns Hopkins from June 17-20, 2026!
@socphilpsych.bsky.social
@joshrottman.bsky.social
#SPP2026
At this rate Percy Jackson is going to be going on the quest to fill out a FAFSA season 3
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
At this rate Percy Jackson is going to be going on the quest to fill out a FAFSA season 3
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Philosophers: Imagine yourself behind the veil of ignorance, not knowing what life you might be born into
Giving What We Can: But what if we unveiled it
Giving What We Can: But what if we unveiled it
Giving what we can has implemented a fun game where you spin a globe to see how your starting point in life would compare if you were reborn today, randomly somewhere on earth.
www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
Birth Lottery
If you were reborn today, where would you land? And how would that change your life?
www.givingwhatwecan.org
December 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Philosophers: Imagine yourself behind the veil of ignorance, not knowing what life you might be born into
Giving What We Can: But what if we unveiled it
Giving What We Can: But what if we unveiled it
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Hi everyone. It’s Christmas Eve and there will be a #MadSkyChat tonight as usual. We chat tonight at 8pm GMT for an hour.
All mad and/or Neurodivergent people welcome.
Just use the hashtag in every response to join in.
All mad and/or Neurodivergent people welcome.
Just use the hashtag in every response to join in.
December 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hi everyone. It’s Christmas Eve and there will be a #MadSkyChat tonight as usual. We chat tonight at 8pm GMT for an hour.
All mad and/or Neurodivergent people welcome.
Just use the hashtag in every response to join in.
All mad and/or Neurodivergent people welcome.
Just use the hashtag in every response to join in.
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i've updated my history of AI poster. new version is on my website. 🥳
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
i've updated my history of AI poster. new version is on my website. 🥳
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Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
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Elizabeth Anscombe – More Than Wittgenstein’s “Old Man”
Tomas Elliott examines how Elizabeth Anscombe helped to establish the English-language reputation of Ludwig Wittgenstein and highlights her own status as a philosopher www.peterharrington.co.uk/blog/elizabe... #Anscombe #Wittgenstein #philsky
Tomas Elliott examines how Elizabeth Anscombe helped to establish the English-language reputation of Ludwig Wittgenstein and highlights her own status as a philosopher www.peterharrington.co.uk/blog/elizabe... #Anscombe #Wittgenstein #philsky
Elizabeth Anscombe – More Than Wittgenstein’s “Old Man”
Tomas Elliott examines how Elizabeth Anscombe helped to establish the English-language reputation of Ludwig Wittgenstein and highlights her own status as a philosopher. Ludwig Wittgenstein was an impo...
www.peterharrington.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Elizabeth Anscombe – More Than Wittgenstein’s “Old Man”
Tomas Elliott examines how Elizabeth Anscombe helped to establish the English-language reputation of Ludwig Wittgenstein and highlights her own status as a philosopher www.peterharrington.co.uk/blog/elizabe... #Anscombe #Wittgenstein #philsky
Tomas Elliott examines how Elizabeth Anscombe helped to establish the English-language reputation of Ludwig Wittgenstein and highlights her own status as a philosopher www.peterharrington.co.uk/blog/elizabe... #Anscombe #Wittgenstein #philsky
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People who claim to be scholars are on here saying it’s fine to let AI summarize a book for you as if the research isn’t the work, as if the reading isn’t the way your brain makes connections, as if conversation with other ideas isn’t the way you create new ways of seeing
December 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
People who claim to be scholars are on here saying it’s fine to let AI summarize a book for you as if the research isn’t the work, as if the reading isn’t the way your brain makes connections, as if conversation with other ideas isn’t the way you create new ways of seeing
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What is your favourite book on madness, or mental illness?
December 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What is your favourite book on madness, or mental illness?
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Exciting holiday news! @19thnews.org is hiring *two* full-time editors to join our newsroom in 2026! 🥳 Apply by January 19! 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
We're hiring an Editor
The 19th is hiring an editor to work closely with the editorial director to assign, shape, edit and publish stories to fulfill The 19th’s mission of serving women and LGBTQ+ people with timely, high-q...
19thnews.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Exciting holiday news! @19thnews.org is hiring *two* full-time editors to join our newsroom in 2026! 🥳 Apply by January 19! 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
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Between this and the “kids are faking learning disabilities to get extra time on exams!” moral panic, it looks like they’re manufacturing consent for an attack on accommodations of all sorts.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Between this and the “kids are faking learning disabilities to get extra time on exams!” moral panic, it looks like they’re manufacturing consent for an attack on accommodations of all sorts.
Quantum realm? You mean Whoville?
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Quantum realm? You mean Whoville?
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Latest papers: Elodie Boissard argues that the unity of depression can be preserved and this unity is based on a reciprocal causal relationship between anhedonic and depressive experience and depressive beliefs doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Latest papers: Elodie Boissard argues that the unity of depression can be preserved and this unity is based on a reciprocal causal relationship between anhedonic and depressive experience and depressive beliefs doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
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CDC approves the non-expert ACIP's recommendation to remove the hepatitis B birth dose over experts objections, still reviewing the bizarre vote to do vein blood testing on newborns before additional vaccine doses. wapo.st/4qh8LW7 via @lenasun.bsky.social
CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one
The CDC formally approved a major change to the childhood immunization schedule by dropping the long-standing recommendation for all newborns to get a hepatitis B vaccine.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
CDC approves the non-expert ACIP's recommendation to remove the hepatitis B birth dose over experts objections, still reviewing the bizarre vote to do vein blood testing on newborns before additional vaccine doses. wapo.st/4qh8LW7 via @lenasun.bsky.social
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As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.