Simon Paul Jenkins ⏸️

Medical educator, ethicist, philosopher, & qualitative researcher @warwickmed at University of Warwick. Views mine.
We should pause AI until we know it's safe.

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Is it ok for medical students from wealthy countries to go to lower-resource settings to learn/study? How can we justify the burdens imposed on the people in those communities? Check out my ethical analysis of this problem, published today:

https://t.co/445iH16mro

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@PauseAI The full video is on youtube and worth a watch. I've never seen the argument made more clearly than by Russell - we don't know what we are creating and we certainly don't know it's safe. Time to pause AI before it's too late

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Incredibly important. The average view amongst the CEOs *of AI companies* seems to be around 10-50% chance of human extinction. And they are willing to say that out loud

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Leading AI scientist, professor Stuart Russell, warning MEPs in Brussels of the catastrophic risks of AI. #pauseai #ai #AIsafety #artificialintelligence

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I'm going to be 40 on Friday. Help me celebrate by slinging some money into my fundraiser at the link below - and protect some people from malaria

https://t.co/X9xxdpOm2x

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.@chilternrailway Why is the last train from Marylebone to Banbury only 2 coaches? It's uncomfortably busy and many people are having to stand

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Your daily reminder that good academics don't sign letters to complain about their colleagues or petitions to have their colleagues fired or demoted. Good academics write papers in which they refute the arguments of the colleagues they disagree with.

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@GjMcGowan Our last cat wasn't the brightest, and teaching him to use the CF was a real labour of love. But we got there, with an abundance of patience and treats. Might be obvious to you, but the good pet charities have useful online guides to help you with this task. Good luck to all!

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@gregdoesethics I think it's normally the bit at the end that gets removed

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Just got the teaching timetable for the upcoming academic year.

My lecture on "the ethics of infant male circumcision" has been cut short without my consent

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Me during my conference presentation: "I'm aware that what I've just been saying may make me seem like a crackpot"
Audience member: *nods vigorously*

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@lucianoor_m @OVOArena @thedarkness @ashofficial People on Reddit have said that Ash come on around 8pm and The Darkness around 9. So pretty standard!

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@kanyewest IF I CAN ENJOY BOTH TEA AND COFFEE THEN WHY CAN'T A CIRCLE BE A SQUARE

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@elonmusk Wow yes imagine enjoying immense privilege while others suffer, that would be terrible wouldn't it Elon

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Should we worry about AI killing us all? Some argue we shouldn't. I argue they are wrong:

https://t.co/SAut4aZX2W

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@HHawkOfficial gets a clean sweep for my top 5 most listened songs of the year

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Remember, if you don't get #Coldplay tickets today, you can always try for one of the Infinity Tickets, which are named after the number of people who will also be trying to get them