Melissa McCradden
@mdmccradden.bsky.social
Bioethicist specializing in ethical and evidence-based integration of technologies in health care. AI Director, Women’s and Children’s Health Network | THRF Clinical Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Machine Learning. Adelaide, South Australia.
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
it is worth remembering that cigarette companies also spent decades selling products they knew would harm and kill people and marketed them specifically to young people to create dependence. let's stop this without having to go through a generation of death and several class actions.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
it is worth remembering that cigarette companies also spent decades selling products they knew would harm and kill people and marketed them specifically to young people to create dependence. let's stop this without having to go through a generation of death and several class actions.
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
Today, in “Bad things that were 100% completely and totally foreseeable and they just let er rip” news
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MSN
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October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Today, in “Bad things that were 100% completely and totally foreseeable and they just let er rip” news
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And the fact that they even think this is possible shows they have absolutely zero understanding of any concepts and principles related to “bias” 🤨 If they cannot understand the very concepts they invoke, then they have zero credibility to address the problem and should sit this one out.
We took every personal, cultural, and institutional bias in our language and baked it into the foundation of this tech. I would say good luck with that, but they know damn well this is marketing
People don’t get that their output is derived from *us.* It’s not just biased, bias is in its genes
People don’t get that their output is derived from *us.* It’s not just biased, bias is in its genes
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.
www.theverge.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
And the fact that they even think this is possible shows they have absolutely zero understanding of any concepts and principles related to “bias” 🤨 If they cannot understand the very concepts they invoke, then they have zero credibility to address the problem and should sit this one out.
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
I've yet to see a single discussion of "Canadian digital sovereignty" include any Indigenous experts, at best we're given a token mention that at some point they'll "consult with Indigenous Peoples" like we're some sort of monolith. Umm, y'all need to consider all our lands, and our distinctiveness.
October 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I've yet to see a single discussion of "Canadian digital sovereignty" include any Indigenous experts, at best we're given a token mention that at some point they'll "consult with Indigenous Peoples" like we're some sort of monolith. Umm, y'all need to consider all our lands, and our distinctiveness.
Sharing our pre-print for a comprehensive silent evaluation of a commercial AI Scribe tool at Women’s and Children’s Health Network in Adelaide!
Co-developed by our multi-d team of physicians, Aboriginal Health colleagues and consumers ❤️
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/X_F4C81VLx...
Co-developed by our multi-d team of physicians, Aboriginal Health colleagues and consumers ❤️
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/X_F4C81VLx...
A medical algorithmic audit framework for evaluating the safety, equity, and quality of an AI Scribe tool in a paediatric developmental assessment clinic
Background Any tool that can reduce the administrative burden on healthcare providers while preserving safe, accountable and high-quality medical documentation is of immense value both to healthcare i...
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sharing our pre-print for a comprehensive silent evaluation of a commercial AI Scribe tool at Women’s and Children’s Health Network in Adelaide!
Co-developed by our multi-d team of physicians, Aboriginal Health colleagues and consumers ❤️
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/X_F4C81VLx...
Co-developed by our multi-d team of physicians, Aboriginal Health colleagues and consumers ❤️
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/X_F4C81VLx...
Hey #AIEthics people (and all people as well!), got a question for you…
Is anyone else 100% completely and totally fed up with AI ethics?
Is anyone else 100% completely and totally fed up with AI ethics?
September 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hey #AIEthics people (and all people as well!), got a question for you…
Is anyone else 100% completely and totally fed up with AI ethics?
Is anyone else 100% completely and totally fed up with AI ethics?
I will believe AI has PhD-level knowledge when every response is concluded with a suggestion of a local seminar or talk that has free food 🍕☕️
August 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I will believe AI has PhD-level knowledge when every response is concluded with a suggestion of a local seminar or talk that has free food 🍕☕️
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
Our preprint is up! Ever heard of the silent phase of AI evaluation for medical AI? Well, now we’ve summarised the current state of research!
We are also SO excited to release our preprint for our scoping review reporting on current #silenttrial practices for #HealthAI
@lanatikhomirov.bsky.social did an amazing job leading this work all the way through ❤️
osf.io/preprints/os...
@lanatikhomirov.bsky.social did an amazing job leading this work all the way through ❤️
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Our preprint is up! Ever heard of the silent phase of AI evaluation for medical AI? Well, now we’ve summarised the current state of research!
🤩Excited to share that Project CANAIRI has an official website!
Find out about our team, our work, and how to get involved!
www.projectcanairi.org
Find out about our team, our work, and how to get involved!
www.projectcanairi.org
Project CANAIRI
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are moving into healthcare at a steady pace in the hopes that they will augment care, administrative tasks, and support clinicians in their daily workflows.
The fie...
www.projectcanairi.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🤩Excited to share that Project CANAIRI has an official website!
Find out about our team, our work, and how to get involved!
www.projectcanairi.org
Find out about our team, our work, and how to get involved!
www.projectcanairi.org
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
Turns out that #Google was publicly logging ChatGPT conversations that people had shared (privately, or so they thought) with friends. There are conversations about mental health, sex, etc. Do you still think #OpenAI take #privacy seriously? By @stokel.bsky.social
fastcompanyme.com/technology/g...
fastcompanyme.com/technology/g...
Google could be reading your ChatGPT conversations. Concerned? You should be
Thousands of shared ChatGPT chats are now appearing in Google search results.
fastcompanyme.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Turns out that #Google was publicly logging ChatGPT conversations that people had shared (privately, or so they thought) with friends. There are conversations about mental health, sex, etc. Do you still think #OpenAI take #privacy seriously? By @stokel.bsky.social
fastcompanyme.com/technology/g...
fastcompanyme.com/technology/g...
I have seen this!! We tested some models with dummy data and found that someone calling someone or something “deadly” was ALWAYS coded as negative sentiment (it’s the opposite!) We ended up deciding the sentiment function will be useless and scrapped it.
A new study shows large language models find it much harder to understand the nuances of Indian, British and Australian English.
‘Are you joking, mate?’ AI doesn’t get sarcasm in non-American varieties of English
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I have seen this!! We tested some models with dummy data and found that someone calling someone or something “deadly” was ALWAYS coded as negative sentiment (it’s the opposite!) We ended up deciding the sentiment function will be useless and scrapped it.
It was so much fun chatting to @dsilvaphd.bsky.social on SHE Pod about all things #AIEthics!
We chatted about a recent paper I wrote with Mjaye Mazwi and Lauren Oakden-Rayner where we asked, when is an accurate model a bad thing? And why?
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
We chatted about a recent paper I wrote with Mjaye Mazwi and Lauren Oakden-Rayner where we asked, when is an accurate model a bad thing? And why?
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
July 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It was so much fun chatting to @dsilvaphd.bsky.social on SHE Pod about all things #AIEthics!
We chatted about a recent paper I wrote with Mjaye Mazwi and Lauren Oakden-Rayner where we asked, when is an accurate model a bad thing? And why?
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
We chatted about a recent paper I wrote with Mjaye Mazwi and Lauren Oakden-Rayner where we asked, when is an accurate model a bad thing? And why?
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
'Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.'
My piece on AI and public services in this week's @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
My piece on AI and public services in this week's @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
Tony Blair is wrong – AI will not magically solve our public services
Too many people might be left out of its revolution.
www.newstatesman.com
October 10, 2024 at 5:25 AM
'Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.'
My piece on AI and public services in this week's @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
My piece on AI and public services in this week's @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
Happy Canada Day from the land down under!! 🍁🇨🇦🫎
June 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Canada Day from the land down under!! 🍁🇨🇦🫎
I think the reality is that, rather than a serious reflection by a qualified scholar, so many people will simply spit out any “edgy” faux-philosophical analysis because publishing literally any bollocks on AI is trendy these days 🤷🏼♀️
Bye, Felicia
Bye, Felicia
It's a competitive field, but extra marks for this extremely stupid essay on "AI and the humanities" for leaning heavily in its author's expertise in the history of technology. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
www.newyorker.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I think the reality is that, rather than a serious reflection by a qualified scholar, so many people will simply spit out any “edgy” faux-philosophical analysis because publishing literally any bollocks on AI is trendy these days 🤷🏼♀️
Bye, Felicia
Bye, Felicia
Good morning
They let the Claude LLM control a vending machine in their office, and people could ask it to order custom inventory.
The fact that they're "not sure why this happened" implies they have no clue how LLMs work, yet they are the experts in making AI.
It's a text correlation machine, not sentience!
The fact that they're "not sure why this happened" implies they have no clue how LLMs work, yet they are the experts in making AI.
It's a text correlation machine, not sentience!
June 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Good morning
Now I have a paper to refer to when someone asks me why I don’t use Uber!
New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing
Ride-sharing platforms like Uber market themselves as enabling `flexibility' for their workforce, meaning that drivers are expected to anticipate when and where the algorithm will allocate them jobs, ...
arxiv.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Now I have a paper to refer to when someone asks me why I don’t use Uber!
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
At AJOB:
Bioethicists Must Push Back Against Assaults on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Nancy S. Jecker, Arthur Caplan, Vardit Ravitsky, Patrick Smith, Kayhan Parsi, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Faith Fletcher, Mildred Cho, Keisha Ray
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Bioethicists Must Push Back Against Assaults on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Nancy S. Jecker, Arthur Caplan, Vardit Ravitsky, Patrick Smith, Kayhan Parsi, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Faith Fletcher, Mildred Cho, Keisha Ray
lnkd.in/g7saphzR
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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June 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At AJOB:
Bioethicists Must Push Back Against Assaults on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Nancy S. Jecker, Arthur Caplan, Vardit Ravitsky, Patrick Smith, Kayhan Parsi, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Faith Fletcher, Mildred Cho, Keisha Ray
lnkd.in/g7saphzR
Bioethicists Must Push Back Against Assaults on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Nancy S. Jecker, Arthur Caplan, Vardit Ravitsky, Patrick Smith, Kayhan Parsi, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Faith Fletcher, Mildred Cho, Keisha Ray
lnkd.in/g7saphzR
Good opportunity to remind everyone about DuckDuckGo 😉 I haven’t used Google Search in about 4 years now!
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Good opportunity to remind everyone about DuckDuckGo 😉 I haven’t used Google Search in about 4 years now!
Today, in entirely predictable news…
Deeply, deeply disturbing article on several fronts.
But first: IT’S NOT JUST TEENS. Several intelligent adults have told me ChatGPT has become like their “best friend” and the main market for these things is “virtual girlfriend” so…
Deeply, deeply disturbing article on several fronts.
But first: IT’S NOT JUST TEENS. Several intelligent adults have told me ChatGPT has become like their “best friend” and the main market for these things is “virtual girlfriend” so…
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Today, in entirely predictable news…
Deeply, deeply disturbing article on several fronts.
But first: IT’S NOT JUST TEENS. Several intelligent adults have told me ChatGPT has become like their “best friend” and the main market for these things is “virtual girlfriend” so…
Deeply, deeply disturbing article on several fronts.
But first: IT’S NOT JUST TEENS. Several intelligent adults have told me ChatGPT has become like their “best friend” and the main market for these things is “virtual girlfriend” so…
Literally my relationship with technology in a nutshell 😂
June 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Literally my relationship with technology in a nutshell 😂
Couple things important to point out.
1) AI is not ‘doing’ anything. We are. We are doing the bad things.
2) We are delegating thinking to AI. I watched ppl in a workshop recently ask ChatGPT instead of think about the question themselves. That’s a choice.
1) AI is not ‘doing’ anything. We are. We are doing the bad things.
2) We are delegating thinking to AI. I watched ppl in a workshop recently ask ChatGPT instead of think about the question themselves. That’s a choice.
June 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Couple things important to point out.
1) AI is not ‘doing’ anything. We are. We are doing the bad things.
2) We are delegating thinking to AI. I watched ppl in a workshop recently ask ChatGPT instead of think about the question themselves. That’s a choice.
1) AI is not ‘doing’ anything. We are. We are doing the bad things.
2) We are delegating thinking to AI. I watched ppl in a workshop recently ask ChatGPT instead of think about the question themselves. That’s a choice.
This is jarring
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is jarring
Reposted by Melissa McCradden
In #Melbourne? Fan of @emilymbender.bsky.social?
In conversation with Dr @kobotic.bsky.social Tues 1st July, Kaleide Theatre, #RMIT, discussing her book written with Dr @alexhanna.bsky.social #TheAICon.
Learn how to cut through the #AI hype
www.readings.com.au/events/emily...
In conversation with Dr @kobotic.bsky.social Tues 1st July, Kaleide Theatre, #RMIT, discussing her book written with Dr @alexhanna.bsky.social #TheAICon.
Learn how to cut through the #AI hype
www.readings.com.au/events/emily...
Emily M. Bender and Kobi Leins discuss AI
Supported by RMIT Join us for a riveting conversation between Dr Kobi Leins and Professor Emily M. Bender. Packed with real-world examples, pithy arguments and expert insights, Professor Emily M. Be...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In #Melbourne? Fan of @emilymbender.bsky.social?
In conversation with Dr @kobotic.bsky.social Tues 1st July, Kaleide Theatre, #RMIT, discussing her book written with Dr @alexhanna.bsky.social #TheAICon.
Learn how to cut through the #AI hype
www.readings.com.au/events/emily...
In conversation with Dr @kobotic.bsky.social Tues 1st July, Kaleide Theatre, #RMIT, discussing her book written with Dr @alexhanna.bsky.social #TheAICon.
Learn how to cut through the #AI hype
www.readings.com.au/events/emily...