Sam Weiss Evans
@sawevans.bsky.social
Senior policy advisor, US National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology. Also STS researcher working on experiments in governing the line between science and tech that helps and harms. Tweets (or whatever we call them here) are my own.
So many of these scientists know social scientists who could have engaged productively with these ideas as they were forming, but it seems like they wanted to roll out the old playbook of scientists acting independently. This isn’t just scientists decision to make.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/s...
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A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article)
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:57 PM
So many of these scientists know social scientists who could have engaged productively with these ideas as they were forming, but it seems like they wanted to roll out the old playbook of scientists acting independently. This isn’t just scientists decision to make.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/s...
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November 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by Sam Weiss Evans
November 18, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I’m so tired of this benefits/risks framework, with no accounting for *who* benefits/is harmed, and whether those with the power care. How does anyone find this helpful, other than to enable those with power to keep it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI promises incredible benefits, but also terrible risks. It’s not luddism to rein it in | Sonia S...
Safeguards are vital even if artificial technology helps unlock the answers to our biggest questions
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2023 at 2:34 AM
I’m so tired of this benefits/risks framework, with no accounting for *who* benefits/is harmed, and whether those with the power care. How does anyone find this helpful, other than to enable those with power to keep it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Love that my first post over here is a screenshot of my kids school email. So many happenings! What are they?! Nobody knows 👻
October 28, 2023 at 10:30 PM
Love that my first post over here is a screenshot of my kids school email. So many happenings! What are they?! Nobody knows 👻