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We find that people see more of their #biases in #algorithms ' decisions than in their own #decisions , even when algorithms are trained on their decisions and when those decisions are the same. 1/n

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New in JAMA Psychiatry: Rebecca Brendel MD, JD, Carmel Shachar, I. Glenn Cohen, and I describe seven essentials of informed consent to #psychedelic #medicine .

As #psychedelic s reach clinics, how should patients & prescribers discuss known and unknown risks and benefits?
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Call for Applications: Petrie-Flom Student Internship Program
📅 Deadline: Open until filled
✅ Undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in the Center’s work are eligible to apply

Learn more and apply now ⬇️
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The two FL Sup Ct rulings are out--and the one on the ballot initiative is a humdinger: this court sounds ready for personhood

Job opportunity. Postdoctoral, full-time position at Bologna University, available from 1 July 2024, to work with me and our research group in the broad area of digital ethics.
More information here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Since 2009, we and others have been building a complete database of case law. Today we mark the next step in that project: We have added every case from the Harvard Law Library to CourtListener. This is a big post about the work we did and what's next: free.law/2024/03/26/all…

Here's some context for tomorrow's oral arguments in the mifepristone cases. Aaron Kesselheim and I address 1) FDA's occasional difficulty balancing science+politics, 2) broader attacks on agency authority, and 3) FDA's role as nat'l drug regulator while states restrict abortion.

Amazing project! Law should be free and accessible to all. Great job, Harvard Law School Caselaw Access Project!

1/ Excited to share results of a survey & randomized field experiment with @miriamkimesq @berkeleylaw : legal aid professionals given paid genAI tools 90% reported increased productivity, 75% would continue use. Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… #AI #A2J

Today at 12:30pm ET: New Ideas for Substance Use Condition Treatment: Could #Psychedelics Help? W/Dr Deborah Mash , Mark Guckel, Stephanie Tabashneck, Mason Marks, MD, JD.

From The Center for Law, Brain & Behavior & Petrie-Flom Center Harvard Law School. Online & registration is free: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details…

100% agree. True even with much simpler 'decision support systems.' This is the greatest challenge of the human-in-the-loop approach to safety. It is why Telsa has cameras on the driver to ensure they don't fall asleep at the wheel or doom-scroll on their smartphone.

Who benefits from AI?

Our new study with 140 radiologists in Nature Medicine challenges prevailing assumptions.

We find years of experience, subspecialty and familiarity with AI tools fail to reliably predict the impact of AI assistance.

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DNA tests have uncovered the surprising prevalence of incest.

A geneticist has found that 1 of 7000 people in the UK Biobank have parents who are themselves brother/sister or parent/child. The genetic genealogist @CeCeMoore told me she’s seen well over 1000 cases.

Tomorrow: New Ideas for Substance Use Condition Treatment: Could Psychedelics Help?
📆 Mar 19, 12:30 pm
💻 Online
👥 Stephanie Tabashneck, Dr Deborah Mash , Mark Guckel, Mason Marks, MD, JD

Register here ⬇️
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details…

First call for information for entry-level hiring report for law schools is posted. Please share info in comments there or contact me directly (you can't edit the spreadsheet yourself). Sheet includes info from Twitter posts / law school websites. prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/20…

Apply to Psychedelics Bootcamp 2024, a three-day intensive training at Harvard Law School on legal, ethical, and policy issues surrounding psychedelics in medicine and society.
Details: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/resources/oppo…

The final version of Nicholson Price (@[email protected]) & my paper Locating Liability for Medical AI via.library.depaul.edu/law-review/vol… part of the DePaul Law Review Clifford Torts symposium is now out. The paper is about how to allocate liability between hospitals and developers for medical AI errors.

🚨We are hiring a research program coordinator for psychedelic science studies, including a psilocybin study on chronic low back pain + depression. Great way to get experience and training in clinical trials and scientific research:
jobs.jhu.edu/job-invite/113…
Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center

All US case law — 360 years’ worth — now available to the world for free!

Sorry, You Probably Cannot Get MDMA Through Telehealth ift.tt/aPGpikd