Renée A. Sirbu
@reneeasirbu.bsky.social
PhD @ UofT into life, death, robots, brains & minds.
Formerly Yale, ICL.
https://youiandai.substack.com/
she/her 🇷🇴 🇨🇦
Formerly Yale, ICL.
https://youiandai.substack.com/
she/her 🇷🇴 🇨🇦
Thank you to my incredible department @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social!!!
We’re celebrating @reneeasirbu.bsky.social for winning 🥇 1st place in the graduate student competition at the “Who’s Afraid of AI?” Conference by @utoronto.ca and BMO Lab. Renée examines AI's impact on our understanding of mortality, linking philosophy, cognitive science, and ethics 🎉
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thank you to my incredible department @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social!!!
I am grateful to have won the “Who’s Afraid of AI?” Student Forum and AI Commentary Contest Award yesterday! I’d like to thank the conference organizers @utoronto.ca @torontoai2025.bsky.social and my wonderful friends @masseycollege.bsky.social for their support!
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Who’s Afraid of AI?
Explore Who’s Afraid of AI?—a week of art, science, and dialogue on AI’s future. Featuring keynotes by Geoffrey Hinton and Fei-Fei Li.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am grateful to have won the “Who’s Afraid of AI?” Student Forum and AI Commentary Contest Award yesterday! I’d like to thank the conference organizers @utoronto.ca @torontoai2025.bsky.social and my wonderful friends @masseycollege.bsky.social for their support!
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🚨 New pre-print 🚨
...by @floridi.bsky.social and me!
"An Analysis of the Governance, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Biocomputing," available at: ssrn.com/abstract=523...
...by @floridi.bsky.social and me!
"An Analysis of the Governance, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Biocomputing," available at: ssrn.com/abstract=523...
An Analysis of the Governance, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Biocomputing
Biological computing (biocomputing) leverages biologically derived materials and processes, such as DNA and protein synthesis, to perform computational tasks. B
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May 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨 New pre-print 🚨
...by @floridi.bsky.social and me!
"An Analysis of the Governance, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Biocomputing," available at: ssrn.com/abstract=523...
...by @floridi.bsky.social and me!
"An Analysis of the Governance, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Biocomputing," available at: ssrn.com/abstract=523...
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New paper by Yale's Digital Ethics Center:
"An analysis of the governance, ethical, legal, and social implications of biocomputing"
Freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
"An analysis of the governance, ethical, legal, and social implications of biocomputing"
Freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
May 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New paper by Yale's Digital Ethics Center:
"An analysis of the governance, ethical, legal, and social implications of biocomputing"
Freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
"An analysis of the governance, ethical, legal, and social implications of biocomputing"
Freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
Reposted by Renée A. Sirbu
What does it mean to be an author when using AI to produce a text?
"Distant Writing: Literary Production in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
new paper freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
"Distant Writing: Literary Production in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
new paper freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
April 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What does it mean to be an author when using AI to produce a text?
"Distant Writing: Literary Production in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
new paper freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
"Distant Writing: Literary Production in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
new paper freely available at SSRN
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
🚨 New pre-print 🚨
@jessrmorley.bsky.social @emmiehine.com @floridi.bsky.social
Read "Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit" here: ssrn.com/abstract=521... on @ssrn.bsky.social
@jessrmorley.bsky.social @emmiehine.com @floridi.bsky.social
Read "Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit" here: ssrn.com/abstract=521... on @ssrn.bsky.social
Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents unprecedented opportunities to transform healthcare worldwide, from improving diagnostic accuracy to expanding access in u
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April 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨 New pre-print 🚨
@jessrmorley.bsky.social @emmiehine.com @floridi.bsky.social
Read "Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit" here: ssrn.com/abstract=521... on @ssrn.bsky.social
@jessrmorley.bsky.social @emmiehine.com @floridi.bsky.social
Read "Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit" here: ssrn.com/abstract=521... on @ssrn.bsky.social
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I have a new piece out on IAI News today about how we can use AI to scaffold human learning, co-authored with my postdoc Jessie Hall 🔬
iai.tv/articles/ai-...
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AI can uncover humanity's unknown unknowns
iai.tv
February 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I have a new piece out on IAI News today about how we can use AI to scaffold human learning, co-authored with my postdoc Jessie Hall 🔬
iai.tv/articles/ai-...
iai.tv/articles/ai-...
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The eventual fate of the GOP
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The eventual fate of the GOP
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Two days of conversations on state #AI policy kicking off! The Summit on State AI Legislation is bringing together state legislators, civil society, industry players, and academics to discuss #deepfakes, #elections, and more—and how state policy can help shape good AI outcomes.
@yaledec.bsky.social
@yaledec.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Two days of conversations on state #AI policy kicking off! The Summit on State AI Legislation is bringing together state legislators, civil society, industry players, and academics to discuss #deepfakes, #elections, and more—and how state policy can help shape good AI outcomes.
@yaledec.bsky.social
@yaledec.bsky.social
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THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
New pre-print just dropped! Hot off the @ssrn.bsky.social press 😎
@smusab.bsky.social, @floridi.bsky.social, and I consider how AI may supplant existing mechanisms of capital punishment. We discuss moral imperatives to avoid the automation of state-sanctioned execution.
@smusab.bsky.social, @floridi.bsky.social, and I consider how AI may supplant existing mechanisms of capital punishment. We discuss moral imperatives to avoid the automation of state-sanctioned execution.
New Paper Alert: You've heard of lethal autonomous weapons and capital punishment.. what happens when they converge? An anticipatory analysis of how AI could reshape execution debates @reneeasirbu.bsky.social @floridi.bsky.social
#philtech #moralphil #philsky #LawAI papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#philtech #moralphil #philsky #LawAI papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Execution by Lethal Autonomous Mechanism: How Anti-Capital Punishment Arguments Might Lead to Automated Executions-and Why Such Automation Must Be Prevented
In this paper, we examine the potential integration of artificial intelligence into capital punishment through lethal autonomous mechanisms (LAMs), an extension
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February 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New pre-print just dropped! Hot off the @ssrn.bsky.social press 😎
@smusab.bsky.social, @floridi.bsky.social, and I consider how AI may supplant existing mechanisms of capital punishment. We discuss moral imperatives to avoid the automation of state-sanctioned execution.
@smusab.bsky.social, @floridi.bsky.social, and I consider how AI may supplant existing mechanisms of capital punishment. We discuss moral imperatives to avoid the automation of state-sanctioned execution.
was writing my paper before I got distracted by topological qubit...
Microsoft said it created a new phase of physical existence that is not a liquid, solid or gas, a development many experts didn’t think possible.
Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers
Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
was writing my paper before I got distracted by topological qubit...
Read our new 🧠 pre-print!
"Cyber Risks to Next-Gen Brain-Computer Interfaces: Analysis and Recommendations"
new research paper from Yale'd DEC, freely available at
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
new research paper from Yale'd DEC, freely available at
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
February 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Read our new 🧠 pre-print!
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Opinion: How to close America’s life expectancy gap www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/u... @meganranney.bsky.social
How to close America’s life expectancy gap
The U.S. ranks 29th in life expectancy at birth among peer nations in the OECD. Changing that goes well beyond the health care system.
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February 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
🍿 Alone,Together: You, Me, and ChatGPT 🍿
Read my latest Substack post about the loneliness epidemic and the (increasingly unusual) ways we’re self-isolating, here:
youiandai.substack.com/p/alone-toge...
Read my latest Substack post about the loneliness epidemic and the (increasingly unusual) ways we’re self-isolating, here:
youiandai.substack.com/p/alone-toge...
Alone, Together: You, Me, and ChatGPT
In a world disheartened by dating apps, people are increasingly turning to silicon-based sweethearts.
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February 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🍿 Alone,Together: You, Me, and ChatGPT 🍿
Read my latest Substack post about the loneliness epidemic and the (increasingly unusual) ways we’re self-isolating, here:
youiandai.substack.com/p/alone-toge...
Read my latest Substack post about the loneliness epidemic and the (increasingly unusual) ways we’re self-isolating, here:
youiandai.substack.com/p/alone-toge...
I’m gonna say it…there are too many ads
February 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m gonna say it…there are too many ads
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Q: Why does the U.S. have different vaccine recommendations than other countries?
A: Differences tend to be pretty minor. Here are five reasons why there are differences ⬇️
1/8 🧵 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
A: Differences tend to be pretty minor. Here are five reasons why there are differences ⬇️
1/8 🧵 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Q: Why does the U.S. have different vaccine recommendations than other countries?
A: Differences tend to be pretty minor. Here are five reasons why there are differences ⬇️
1/8 🧵 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
A: Differences tend to be pretty minor. Here are five reasons why there are differences ⬇️
1/8 🧵 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
I'm back to writing on Substack! If you want to read about breakthrough devices, Elon Musk, and the medical market monopoly, check out my newest post, "WTF is BDD?" here: youiandai.substack.com/p/wtf-is-bdd
WTF is BDD?
The Muskification of medical devices.
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February 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I'm back to writing on Substack! If you want to read about breakthrough devices, Elon Musk, and the medical market monopoly, check out my newest post, "WTF is BDD?" here: youiandai.substack.com/p/wtf-is-bdd
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Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled.
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled.
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention.
Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays.
Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟
Reposted by Renée A. Sirbu
Our Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social Arun writes about The Silicon Valley Effect (forthcoming in the Stanford Journal of International Law)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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<span>The Silicon Valley Effect</span><span></span>
The most influential Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) companies are shaping AI’s legal order and regulatory discourse to protect their business interests and shif
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February 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Our Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social Arun writes about The Silicon Valley Effect (forthcoming in the Stanford Journal of International Law)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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So-called “chatbot friends” are the culmination of what Christopher Lasch called the “culture of narcissism.”
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podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id10...
Do Americans have too much 'me time?'
Podcast Episode · The Gray Area with Sean Illing · 02/03/2025 · 45m
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February 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So-called “chatbot friends” are the culmination of what Christopher Lasch called the “culture of narcissism.”
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id10...
podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id10...
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So the new BMJ Digital Health and AI journal is now accepting submissions bmjdigitalhealth.bmj.com/pages/about. Also both @maxi-macki.bsky.social and I are on the editorial board as Associate Editors so you know it's a cool place for your research to hang out
January 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So the new BMJ Digital Health and AI journal is now accepting submissions bmjdigitalhealth.bmj.com/pages/about. Also both @maxi-macki.bsky.social and I are on the editorial board as Associate Editors so you know it's a cool place for your research to hang out
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So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
Apple
Costco
Bank of America
Delta
JP Morgan
Marriott
Microsoft
Procter & Gamble
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Catholic Health
Apple
Costco
Bank of America
Delta
JP Morgan
Marriott
Microsoft
Procter & Gamble
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Catholic Health
January 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
Apple
Costco
Bank of America
Delta
JP Morgan
Marriott
Microsoft
Procter & Gamble
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Catholic Health
Apple
Costco
Bank of America
Delta
JP Morgan
Marriott
Microsoft
Procter & Gamble
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Catholic Health
Reposted by Renée A. Sirbu
December 24, 2024 at 8:45 PM