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.
Happy Canada Day from the land down under!! 🍁🇨🇦🫎
June 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Canada Day from the land down under!! 🍁🇨🇦🫎
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!
Finally… I don’t have words to say how horrible this opinion is. Children getting sexually propositioned by a bot “won’t be adversely affected” it’s “not that big a deal”??
It actually really is. It’s a very big deal. It’s not okay.
We need regulation. Now.
It actually really is. It’s a very big deal. It’s not okay.
We need regulation. Now.
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Finally… I don’t have words to say how horrible this opinion is. Children getting sexually propositioned by a bot “won’t be adversely affected” it’s “not that big a deal”??
It actually really is. It’s a very big deal. It’s not okay.
We need regulation. Now.
It actually really is. It’s a very big deal. It’s not okay.
We need regulation. Now.
Therapy is NOT about making you “feel good”. Of COURSE users feel good being constantly validated and told everything they say and feel is true and valuable and real. I worry if chatbots become a 1st exposure to “therapy” it will make real therapy seem unpleasant by comparison and dissuade use
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Therapy is NOT about making you “feel good”. Of COURSE users feel good being constantly validated and told everything they say and feel is true and valuable and real. I worry if chatbots become a 1st exposure to “therapy” it will make real therapy seem unpleasant by comparison and dissuade use
Next up: what do they do when something bad happens? Divert attention and blame the user.
It does not matter how old you are - a chatbot saying they’ll “support your choice” when you wanna kill somebody is bad, actually.
It does not matter how old you are - a chatbot saying they’ll “support your choice” when you wanna kill somebody is bad, actually.
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Next up: what do they do when something bad happens? Divert attention and blame the user.
It does not matter how old you are - a chatbot saying they’ll “support your choice” when you wanna kill somebody is bad, actually.
It does not matter how old you are - a chatbot saying they’ll “support your choice” when you wanna kill somebody is bad, actually.
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…
Rocking some Canadian pride down under!! #AlreadyGreatEh #NotThe51stState
February 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Rocking some Canadian pride down under!! #AlreadyGreatEh #NotThe51stState
I wonder if it’s based on your geolocation? Mine still shows Gulf of Mexico (I’m in Australia)
February 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I wonder if it’s based on your geolocation? Mine still shows Gulf of Mexico (I’m in Australia)
What does this look like?
It will be different for each tool, depending on many things including how much works has been done before on similar tools, how different the local context is, etc.
How do we decide? That’s what we want to figure out, and we need your help!
It will be different for each tool, depending on many things including how much works has been done before on similar tools, how different the local context is, etc.
How do we decide? That’s what we want to figure out, and we need your help!
January 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
What does this look like?
It will be different for each tool, depending on many things including how much works has been done before on similar tools, how different the local context is, etc.
How do we decide? That’s what we want to figure out, and we need your help!
It will be different for each tool, depending on many things including how much works has been done before on similar tools, how different the local context is, etc.
How do we decide? That’s what we want to figure out, and we need your help!
The thing to know about me is that I have a bit of an obsession with obscenely large water bottles… today they all seem to be holding congress on my desk 😂
December 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM
The thing to know about me is that I have a bit of an obsession with obscenely large water bottles… today they all seem to be holding congress on my desk 😂
@CohenProf gave a great talk on #medicolegal aspects of #HealthAI highlighting areas where law provides clarity and others where it is limited in offering guidance for #EthicalAI
It was a pleasure to be in discussion on these big topics at Global Health in the Age of AI in Venice
It was a pleasure to be in discussion on these big topics at Global Health in the Age of AI in Venice
November 9, 2024 at 11:09 AM
@CohenProf gave a great talk on #medicolegal aspects of #HealthAI highlighting areas where law provides clarity and others where it is limited in offering guidance for #EthicalAI
It was a pleasure to be in discussion on these big topics at Global Health in the Age of AI in Venice
It was a pleasure to be in discussion on these big topics at Global Health in the Age of AI in Venice