Jayne Williamson-Lee

science and technology writer • MA in science writing @JohnsHopkins • bylines @statnews @PsychToday @popsci @mashable

[Kyle Wiens @kwiens]

Right to repair is now the law of the land in New York. More states are expected to follow. https://t.co/UavyXomToy

[Mario Aguilar @mariojoze]

There's a growing movement to compel medical device companies to make it easier — and way cheaper — for hospitals to fix ventilators, MRI machines, and more. The firms are unsurprisingly resistant to the idea. Great story from @jaynew_l https://t.co/Q6o90MgkQL

[Matthew Herper @matthewherper]

Why @OtisBrawley questions what he knows and thinks doctors need to police themselves better.

A write-up of my interview from Tuesday by @jaynew_l.

https://t.co/9tL3YF2HGT

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

After the draft of the Supreme Court's ruling on Dobbs leaked in May, requests for abortion pills surged. When the decision came down in late June, they surged again. @jaynew_l reports. https://t.co/lKkWzZAJDG

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

When asked, “What’s the number one cause of death in women?” two-thirds of women in a 2009 American Heart Association survey were able to answer correctly: heart disease. Ten years later, in 2019, only 44% percent of women knew. My latest at @statnews:

[STAT @statnews]

Women and men are different, cardiovascular edition https://t.co/L15TkWeXJ8

[Pranav Rajpurkar @pranavrajpurkar]

Great discussion by @jaynew_l on saliency maps for establishing doctor trust in medical AI, referencing our recent work (led by @ARSaporta), with insightful comments by @MarzyehGhassemi

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

@eyoste Thanks for the excellent editing, @eyoste!

[The Science Literacy Foundation @sci_project]

Just as our bodies can build resistance to viral attacks, it’s possible our minds can cultivate defenses against disinformation. Great article by @jaynew_l mentored by @eyoste @ScienceWriters 👉 https://t.co/zjSVwuyLEp

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

@jennifercball @ScienceWriters Thanks for sharing, Jennifer!

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

@jennifercball @SciWriterMag Thanks for sharing, Jennifer!

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

Read my and my wonderful classmates' work in the second issue of @SciWriterMag out today!

[The Science Writer @SciWriterMag]

Meet the open-source 3-D-printing community that is inspiring a new generation of low-cost prosthetic limbs for children in this piece from @jaynew_l. Read more in #UnchartedTSW: https://t.co/gHA4RUOs2g

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

@jack_tamisiea @ScienceWriters Congrats, Jack! Well deserved!

[OneZero @ozm]

In an ideal world, social platforms would be able to recognize and represent the complexity of our social realities.

But to do that would require us to divulge even more data. https://t.co/NTVxuUJVmJ

[Elemental @elemental]

Self-tracking our health and fitness doesn't necessarily encourage long-term behavioral change. The effects may be more psychological: https://t.co/jvSzPuvdx1

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

I wrote about Amazon's emotion detection software for @ozm:

[OneZero @ozm]

In August, Amazon announced it had improved “accuracy for emotion detection” in its facial-recognition software Rekognition. For the first time, the company said, it could detect fear.

The problem? Faces are not necessarily accurate signals of emotions. https://t.co/g2D02vZHMn

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

My latest for @PsychToday: https://t.co/v1LocIn7x7

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

"If we believe an algorithm is wrong about us, it feels unfair. On the other hand, even if a rating accurately reflects who we are, warts and all, does it mean we should be more accepting of all the potential social, legal, and financial consequences?"

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

I'm so sorry for your loss, @venikunche, and that you experienced this with a pregnancy app.

[Karen Hao @_KarenHao]

I'm often asked about my playbook for distinguishing AI puffery and AI reality, so I wrote it up in a story. https://t.co/xPsrOzc4Gg

[Jayne Williamson-Lee @jaynew_l]

@dahartattack Thanks for including it, @dahartattack! And a thoughtful discussion on gender representation on your part