Katherine Bassil
@katherinebassil
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Assistant Professor in Neuroethics @UMCutrecht • Harvard Neuroethics Fellow • Ethics communicator • Founder of @neuroethics2day • Tweets are mine
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Joined October 2012
What went wrong at 23andMe? Why the genetic-data giant risks collapse
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Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
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Our latest Nature publication led by @JudyIlles and @Dr_Perreault explores the need to embrace Indigenous ways of knowing in neuroscience. I had the pleasure to work with amazing scholars and people on this important topic!
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RT @Dr_Perreault: I am so privileged to have been able to lead this with the amazing @JudyIlles and work with the most remarkable people fr…
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RT @NeuroethicsUBC: 📢CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS!📢 The next volume of Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics, Public Engagement and Ethical C…
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RT @NeuroethicsUBC: The @neuroethicsinfo Public Communication & Publishing Affinity Group released its inaugural issue of the Neuroethics M…
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RT @neuroethics2day: 🎙️NEW EPISODE OUT! In conversation with @NitaFarahany about her latest book The Battle for Your Brain. Do we need a…
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RT @EthicsLab_UCT: 📣 Reminder: Our neuroethics webinar with @katherinebassil @JasmineKwasa @DiegoborbonR @Damiane @OlieMatshabane is happen…
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The five biggest challenges facing misinformation researchers | Science | AAAS
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Can people be ‘inoculated’ against misinformation? | Science | AAAS
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RT @MarcelloIenca: The annual meeting of the International #Neuroethics Society is coming to Europe for the first time! Join us in Munich,…
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This is a serious concern that demands our attention. #AI is not empathetic. It doesn’t genuinely care about an individual’s well-being. As AI continues to shape our world, we must establish clear standards & ethical guidelines to protect the most vulnerable, especially #children
I wrote about a 14 year old boy, Sewell Setzer, who died by suicide earlier this year after becoming emotionally attached to an AI chatbot on CharacterAI. His mother is suing the company, alleging they put young users in danger.
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RT @JCBublitz: Finally, @DiegoborbonR presented a range of problems with recent and a bit hectic neurorights lawmaking in Latin America. Wh…
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The Hybrid Mind Conference, Geneva 2024. I had the pleasure to present the recent work of Anne Fleur Lammers and I, highlighting the results of our multi-stakeholder survey on the ethical implications of AI chtabots in mental health care. #ethics #neurotechnology
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Dr. Charles Malik, a Lebanese scholar argues that the question “How can war be prevented?” is not the right question. Extract from his book War and Peace; a statement to the UN’s General Assembly. #Lebanon #War #Peace #UnitedNations
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When friends and colleagues ask if my family is safe in #Lebanon, here is my response: My family is safe (for now)… But my country and people are not. #CEASEFIRE_NOW 🇱🇧❤️🩹
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RT @MarcelloIenca: 1/🚨 Clinical trials for #implantable #NeuralDevices (INDs) are on the rise, but are we prepared for when they end? Our n…
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