Deena Mousa
@deenamousa.com
There are several devices in clinical use today, like PainChek, a smartphone app that scans the facial expressions of people who have dementia and uses AI to output an expected pain score to inform their care.
They also record data for the patient and facility over time.
They also record data for the patient and facility over time.
October 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There are several devices in clinical use today, like PainChek, a smartphone app that scans the facial expressions of people who have dementia and uses AI to output an expected pain score to inform their care.
They also record data for the patient and facility over time.
They also record data for the patient and facility over time.
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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There are exceptions to this rule, though; the rise in mobile banking eventually did reduce bank teller employment. If the technology fully replaces human inputs, or drives efficiency gains so large they outpace the increase in demand, jobs will be lost.
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There are exceptions to this rule, though; the rise in mobile banking eventually did reduce bank teller employment. If the technology fully replaces human inputs, or drives efficiency gains so large they outpace the increase in demand, jobs will be lost.
When ATMs spread across the U.S., you'd expect bank tellers to be laid off en masse. But teller employment actually rose during the 2000s, growing 2% annually.
By reducing the cost of operating bank branches, ATMs made it possible for banks to open more locations.
By reducing the cost of operating bank branches, ATMs made it possible for banks to open more locations.
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When ATMs spread across the U.S., you'd expect bank tellers to be laid off en masse. But teller employment actually rose during the 2000s, growing 2% annually.
By reducing the cost of operating bank branches, ATMs made it possible for banks to open more locations.
By reducing the cost of operating bank branches, ATMs made it possible for banks to open more locations.
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?
And, self-servingly, I appreciated the honorable mention among such an interesting set of articles
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September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And, self-servingly, I appreciated the honorable mention among such an interesting set of articles
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I'm also a big fan of intentional self-experimentation, so I really enjoyed this piece about identifying lactose intolerance as a driver of morning migraines.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm also a big fan of intentional self-experimentation, so I really enjoyed this piece about identifying lactose intolerance as a driver of morning migraines.
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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:
And I'm a big fan of intentional self-experimentation, so I really enjoyed this piece about identifying
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September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
And I'm a big fan of intentional self-experimentation, so I really enjoyed this piece about identifying
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I loved this piece by Rabbit Cavern about Cheetos' brief anarchist movement and am looking forward to future rabbit holes
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September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I loved this piece by Rabbit Cavern about Cheetos' brief anarchist movement and am looking forward to future rabbit holes
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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
Residencies like this are proliferating. Villa Albertine, for example, launched a new AI track to their residency this year, funded by OpenAI’s CEO of applications. They give artists access to compute and collaborators, and their work ends up in places like the MoMA. /4
June 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Residencies like this are proliferating. Villa Albertine, for example, launched a new AI track to their residency this year, funded by OpenAI’s CEO of applications. They give artists access to compute and collaborators, and their work ends up in places like the MoMA. /4
"Huk sees through a small robotic camera, performs real-time motion capture, and reacts selectively to up to 20 people, choosing who to engage with based on how she perceives them," Ayala explains. "What she says in the moment is unique." /3
June 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Huk sees through a small robotic camera, performs real-time motion capture, and reacts selectively to up to 20 people, choosing who to engage with based on how she perceives them," Ayala explains. "What she says in the moment is unique." /3
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.
We say life is priceless, but, when asked directly, people treat it like a durable good: worth somewhere between a Rolex and a year of college. 6/
May 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We say life is priceless, but, when asked directly, people treat it like a durable good: worth somewhere between a Rolex and a year of college. 6/
In Japan, people paid more for the same health gain when it came from a worse starting point. That throws a wrench in the very idea of a QALY as a neat, interchangeable unit of value. 5/
May 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In Japan, people paid more for the same health gain when it came from a worse starting point. That throws a wrench in the very idea of a QALY as a neat, interchangeable unit of value. 5/
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?
The WHO’s strategy to cut deaths in half by 2030 is budgeted at just $137M over 11 years and R&D funding has been low (about $5M globally in 2017), though it's increased significantly in recent years - led by @wellcometrust /8
May 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The WHO’s strategy to cut deaths in half by 2030 is budgeted at just $137M over 11 years and R&D funding has been low (about $5M globally in 2017), though it's increased significantly in recent years - led by @wellcometrust /8