#ASBH2026 plenary on trust: Can we work together despite deep disagreements about life & death? Tom W. Johnson asks. Maggie Bartlett: respect matters. Don't end the conversation when you disagree. That's how progress happens. #bioethics

Suppose you use an autonomous #AI tool in your research, and it meets the threshold of substantial contribution required by authorship definitions. Should it be an author? these tools lack moral agency => "an essential condition for being an author or a scientist." more: doi.org/10.3389/fgen...

Still trying to digest this: Unprompted by its developer, an #AI_agent emailed over 1,500 researchers. I'm struggling to respond to human emails and having to deal with AI as an interlocutor frightens me. But some optimists were reportedly intrigued & had daily chats🤷🏽‍♂️
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To cope with #AI impacts, at @accountabilityair.bsky.social, we are adopting new policies effective immediately. More here: doi.org/10.1080/0898...

This is the first of 3 papers focused on #biosecurity implications of #AI. Two recent developments have heightened apprehension of biosecurity risks: (1) #COVID-19 pandemic and (2) advancements in #GenAI with capabilities to support designing infectious agents and viruses. doi.org/10.1177/0033...